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" One of the great tragedies is that there is so much less open land available in Japan today. Many Japanese come to New Zealand because of its beauty. "

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" As we began to read more and more journals of men who had been in the Civil War and then been in the Indian Wars, we realized there was a whole universe of men whose souls had been shattered, whose lives had been utterly destroyed by what they had to do. "

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" If a director is really a director, I think he's interested in more than one thing. "

" The military has been actually remarkable at dealing with race, but gender is an issue. "

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" Like everyone, I was a kid who played chess when I was young. And I am admittedly old enough to have been around during the fervor of the match in Reykjavik and the rise of Bobby Fischer, so those two things conspired to pique my interest. "

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" I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically. "

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" There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed. "

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