#japan

It's a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody's arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#blood #cinema #cut #everywhere #hoses

One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory. ↗

— Teresa R. Funke

#japanese-internment #life #remembering #war #world-war-ii

When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's decided to commit suicide and boards a train only to become obsessed with whether he remembered to lock the door when he left home. ↗

— Ryū Murakami

#japanese #japanese-literature #suicide #home

[...] j'ignore à peu près tout de la gastronomie japonaise. Je sais seulement qu'ils consomment une quantité inimaginable de poissons. En fait, je répète ce qu'on dit habituellement à propos du Japon, je ne fais aucun effort de recherche. Je suis un parfait écho. ↗

— Dany Laferrière

#food

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#japanese #traditional #training #well #word

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#anymore #been #better #cases #copies

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#canadian #goal #i #japan #korea

If the military might of Germany and Japan are ultimately to be crushed, the United Nations, one and all, must definitely and urgently strive toward a total war effort. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#definitely #effort #germany #japan #might

And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautiful; she looked as though she were constantly getting ready to ask a question. Even an immaculately crafted doll could not have been as lovely. ↗

— Natsuo Kirino

#japanese #beauty

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This isn't just an issue for the U.S. and Japan. It has regional implications. ↗

— Ed Royce

#implications #issue #japan #just #marines