Yoshihiko Noda Quotes
I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I had no desire to crash a man's world.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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After one Olympics, if we invest in sports and say we will get a gold medal in the next Olympic, it doesn't work like that in sports. How it works is that you provide the infrastructure, provide education about nutrition and health.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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My father is an amazing person.
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Every product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the realities of shipping on time, on budget, and on price point. Anyone who has ever manufactured a physical product that had to be on the shelves for Christmas shopping knows how painful these choices can be.
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Everybody likes each other until things get tough. Then you will find out what kind of team you have, and I understand that as much as anyone.
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Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term to describe portfolios that have been assembled for purposes other than serving the clients' best interests.
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I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident.
