The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress.

The overall situation has now become clear the DPJ has suffered a great setback.

The only thing that can change Japan is a change in government.

In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes.

The situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people.

... keeping her wild-honey-and-chamomile-soaked hair from falling into her oatmeal-and-yogurt face mask

Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.

Love your calling with passion, it is the meaning of your life.

Every day is judgment day-use it.

Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

Many unsustainable behaviours are locked-in and made 'normal', not just by the way that we produce and consume, but by the absence of easy alternatives

To hell with that. If a guy can pull a big erg, I can teach him how to row.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

Tradition is a prop for social security.