Postwar Japan Quotes

#1. We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation.

Joichi Ito

#2. I've always said that growing up in postwar Japan, I never felt any connection to my work through those experiences. The work I do really comes from inside myself. For me, being born in Japan was an accident.

Rei Kawakubo

#3. For 350 years we have been taught that reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Football's place is to add a patina of character, a deference to the rules and a respect for authority.

Red Smith

#4. Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too ... So I think you need a little bit of both.

Ronda Rousey

#5. Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

Charles Simmons

#6. The more the concept of reason becomes emasculated, the more easily it lends itself to ideological manipulation and to propagation of even the most blatant lies ... Subjective reason conforms to anything.

Max Horkheimer

#7. Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.

John Rzeznik

#8. Bringing the IRS to heel can start with re-energizing and expanding congressional investigations and holding accountable those responsible for the targeting and other abuses.

Cleta Mitchell

#9. I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

Justin Townes Earle