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Quote by Ōkura Kihachirō
世間から何といわれても自分の思うところは一歩も枉げない、知己は百年の後に一人得ればよい
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The speaker refuses to change course simply because other people criticize or judge them. What they believe matters more than immediate approval. They would rather remain true to that conviction and wait a very long time for one genuinely understanding friend than seek the acceptance of many people who do not truly know them.
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“You have a short life, this is yours, live it because there have been a lot of people here before you and they’re gone.”
“Myself. Right now, I’m the only person that can stop me.”
“But that was another time. Almost another country.”
Read quote“In my language I always say mintirho yaTHOOKવulula (a person’s deeds speak louder than their words).”
“The more I feel I am being pushed into a mold, the more I feel like going in the opposite direction.”
“As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned.”
“No vale la pena mirar para atrás ahora, sino mirar para adelante.”
“I want people to remember me as a hard-working humanitarian.”
“المهم باختصار - أن تكون صادقا مع نفسك.. وصادقا مع فنك”
“Today, we mark the end of one journey, as we embark on the beginning of another.”
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