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“It seems the best approach for any venture is a combo platter - Japan's quality-consciousness paired with America's willingness to experiment and (sometimes) fail.”

Sometimes Seems America Consciousness Quality Failing Approach Experiments Japan Willingness Venture

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America.”

Littles America Bits Middle Little Bit Europe South China East Japan Middle East South America

Author:Colin Quinn

“The greatest problem all around the world today, whether in America, Japan, China, Russia, India or anywhere else in the world, is that people are not in peace. People want peace.”

People World Want Problem Today America India China Russia Around The World Japan World Today

Author:Prem Rawat

“It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.”

Important America Remember Culture Literature Democracy Serious Russia Germany Japan Latin Thinker Latin America Compatible

Author:Natan Sharansky

“In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.”

America Term Democracy England Election Israel Japan

Author:Barney Frank

“I guess they needed a maze in Japan, where everything's neat and tidy. In America everybody's already wandering around lost.”

America Lost Needed Wander Japan Neat Mazes Tidy Wandering Around Neat And Tidy

Book:Amnesia Moon

Source: Amnesia Moon

“Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.”

World Firsts States America Community United United States Century Japan United States Of America Treaties Amity Concluding

Author:Shigeru Yoshida

“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.”

Ifs Men Long Two America Long Time Japan Old Man Bows Formal Hello Slap Exchanging Two Friends

Author:Sessue Hayakawa

“To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.”

Way Kind Country Hard America Speak Europe Pressure Incredibles Our Country Japan Superstar

Author:Narada Michael Walden

“I really am a recluse. I just enjoy watching the wind blow through the trees. In America someone who sits around and does that is at the bottom of the ladder, but in Japan, say, someone who goes up into the mountains is accorded great respect. I guess I am somewhere in between. I enjoy reclusion: it clears my mind.”

Mind Doe America Enjoy Tree Wind Mountain Bottom Blow Japan Ladders Great Respect Recluse

Author:Robert M. Pirsig

“In reality, at the end of World War II, America imposed democracy at the point of a bayonet on Japan and Germany, and it has proved a resounding success in both countries. The problem with liberals is that they never give bayonets a chance.”

World Giving War Ends Country Problem Reality America Chance Democracy War Of The Worlds Germany Japan World War Ii World War I Bayonets

Book:Letters to a Young Conservative

Source: Letters to a Young Conservative

“Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.”

People Thinking World Humans Home America Community Creating Connections China Japan Relevant Extensions Spain Turkeys Starbucks Creating Something Human Connection

Author:Howard Schultz

“Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.”

Action America Courses Nations Voice Please Offers China League Japan Interference League Of Nations

Author:Sadao Araki

“America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation.”

Ideas America Term Behinds Accepting Adults Europe Japan Animation

Author:Bill Plympton