Naoto Kan Quotes
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Imperfection is perfection.
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Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.
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I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.
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Liars do look you in the eye. They do not always stutter, stammer, blush or fidget.
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I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting.
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I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.
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So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.
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I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.
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I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
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If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem it is impossible to solve it.
