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Small: I wanted to make something very unique, something very different
"I wanted to make something very unique, something very different"
Shigeru Miyamoto, Designer
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Small: I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I cant communicate very well that way
"I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I can't communicate very well that way"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: I always like whatever I did most recently. Its the closest to who I am at the moment
"I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: I shall ask to see whether they want me in dress clothes or in Japanese
"I shall ask to see whether they want me in dress clothes or in Japanese"
Sessue Hayakawa, Actor
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Small: I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they
"I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything"
Sessue Hayakawa, Actor
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Small: So now I dont have time to practice drums. Its been five years since Ive touched the drums
"So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical
"Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want
"In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness"
Haruki Murakami, Writer
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Small: People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives,
"People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do"
Yukihiro Matsumoto, Scientist
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Small: Actually, I didnt make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of
"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually"
Yukihiro Matsumoto, Scientist
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Small: Success is 99 percent failure
"Success is 99 percent failure"
Soichiro Honda, Businessman
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Small: Its hard to decide how to match words to music. Its not like its twice the work. Its always difficult for me t
"It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: I understand its my role to realize peoples dreams
"I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: The determination to win is the better part of winning
Daisaku Ikeda
"The determination to win is the better part of winning"
Daisaku Ikeda, Writer
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Small: A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader
Daisaku Ikeda
"A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader"
Daisaku Ikeda, Writer
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Small: Ive done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it
"I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: Im interested in stories and the dark side of peoples minds
"I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: I still think that Im playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. Its interactive and ali
"I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: Blood and death. That moves me
"Blood and death. That moves me"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: Because its dance music, you cant really have a lot of changing in there. Its really not for me because theres
"Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity"
Ikue Mori, Musician
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Small: Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms
"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms"
Ikkyu Sojun, Poet
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Small: Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And thats how weve got to live
"Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live"
Haruki Murakami, Writer
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Small: Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire
"Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire"
Pat Morita, Actor
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Small: I dont know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some pa
"I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past"
Pat Morita, Actor
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Small: Music is a form of prayer
Toru Takemitsu
"Music is a form of prayer"
Toru Takemitsu, Composer
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Small: I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more unive
Toru Takemitsu
"I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life"
Toru Takemitsu, Composer
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Small: The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: ca
"The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth"
Toshihiko Fukui, Public Servant
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Small: The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred
"The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred"
Soichiro Honda, Businessman
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Small: I could not understand how it could move under its own power. And when it had driven past me, without even thi
"I could not understand how it could move under its own power. And when it had driven past me, without even thinking why I found myself chasing it down the road, as hard as I could run"
Soichiro Honda, Businessman
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Small: We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positivel
"We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce"
Shigeru Yoshida, Politician
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Small: What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, thats what I want to do
"What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do"
Shigeru Miyamoto, Designer
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Small: Video games are bad for you? Thats what they said about rock-n-roll
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll"
Shigeru Miyamoto, Designer
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Small: Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death
"Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death"
Miyamoto Musashi, Soldier
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Small: It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact
"It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: Id heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned
"I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: I dont set goals. Like, thats what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at t
"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: My one ambition is to play a hero
"My one ambition is to play a hero"
Sessue Hayakawa, Actor
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Small: If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness
"If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness"
Tadao Ando, Architect
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Small: I dont think you should meet the people you most admire. I dont want reality to interfere with my image
"I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image"
Ayumi Hamasaki, Musician
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Small: All my knowledge comes from research
"All my knowledge comes from research"
Stan Sakai, Cartoonist
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