If the Emperor had not delivered his [15 August 1945] address urging the Japanese people to lay down their swords–if that speech had been a call instead for the Honorable Death of the Hundred Million–those people on that street in SÅshigaya probably would have done what they were told and died. And probably I would have done likewise. The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self-sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life. We were accustomed to this teaching and had never thought to question it. . Akira Kurosawa
If you stay, I'll do whatever you want. I'll quit the band, go with you to New York. But if you need me to go away, I'll do that, too. I was talking to Liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life...
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Gayle Forman
How far should a person go in the name of true love?
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Nicholas Sparks
I love you, " he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone, you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were; no matter how fucked up; no matter how...
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Jodi Picoult
Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
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Karl Lagerfeld
I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religionand I could die for that. I could die for you. My Creed is Love...
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John Keats
More Quotes By Akira Kurosawa
To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.
People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better. Especially scientists. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>They may be smart, but most don't understand the heart of nature....
IT IS QUITE ENOUGH IF A HUMAN BEING HAS BUT ONE FIELD WHERE HE OR SHE IS STRONG. IF A HUMAN BEING WERE STRONG IN EVERY FIELD, IT WOULDN'T BE NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WOULD IT?
Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
If the Emperor had not delivered his [15 August 1945] address urging the Japanese people to lay down their swords–if that speech had been a call instead for the Honorable Death of the Hundred Million–those people on that street in SÅshigaya probably would have done...
