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I can't really say if I can get it back, ... I just want to utilize the opportunities given to me. If my role is coming off the bench to help the team win, that's what I'll do.


Kazuo Matsui

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KAZUO ISHIGURO I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of w...
KAZUO ISHIGURO I work very regular hours, roughly 9 to 5:30. I think I have it much easier than a lot of parents. I...
KAZUO ISHIGURO It is essential, then, to keep one's attention focused on the present; to guard against any complace...
KAZUO ISHIGURO Naturally—and why should I not admit this—I have occasionally wondered to myself how things migh...
KAZUO ISHIGURO It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionall...
KAZUO ISHIGURO What is more, sir," his lordship went on, "I believe I have a good idea of what you mean by 'profess...
KAZUO ISHIGURO The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me.
KAZUO ISHIGURO But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By t...
KAZUO ISHIGURO But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate oc...
KAZUO ISHIGURO Why, Mr Stevens, why, why, why do you always have to pretend?
KAZUO ISHIGURO For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is ...
KAZUO ISHIGURO One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.
KAZUO ISHIGURO He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say...
KAZUO ISHIGURO But then, I suppose, when with the benefit of hindsight one begins to search one's past for such 'tu...
KAZUO ISHIGURO I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in ...
KAZUO ISHIGURO What can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out...
KAZUO ISHIGURO You see, we were able to give you something, something which even now no one will ever take from you...
KAZUO ISHIGURO You will agree that such is often the way with matters one has given abiding thought to over a perio...
KAZUO ISHIGURO What I mean is, right from that first time, there was
something in Tommy's manner that was ting...
KAZUO ISHIGURO Our goal is to reduce the costs of gasoline-hybrids, get a lot of people driving them, and then thin...
KAZUO OKAMOTO I can't say when cars might run on lithium-ion batteries, but there's a very good chance they will b...
KAZUO OKAMOTO In the future, the cars you see from Toyota will be 100 percent hybrid.
KAZUO OKAMOTO We believe in 10 years' time the world will be filled with hybrid cars.
KAZUO OKAMOTO Despite ballooning JGB issuance, Japanese financial institutions have ample appetite for JGB investm...
KAZUO MIZUNO Further reforms mean tough political moves. But with a mandate like this, Koizumi has no excuse not ...
KAZUO MIZUNO Projections for the next two months are good, and if things go as forecast, we'll be able to confirm...
KAZUO MIZUNO I'm hoping for its strong performance as the country's No. 1 player in charge of our air traffic.
KAZUO KITAGAWA This is extremely regrettable and something that must never happen.
KAZUO KITAGAWA There are numerous reasons why people have not moved out, but municipalities are working hard to vis...
KAZUO KITAGAWA We hope to reach agreements on the direction of future policies and issue a message demonstrating ou...
KAZUO KITAGAWA We want police to clarify the facts behind the scandal so it will not happen again.
KAZUO KITAGAWA I wonder if we should be leaving driver qualification to train operators,
KAZUO KITAGAWA It's tragic, ... We have to investigate why this horrible accident happened.
KAZUO KITAGAWA We want to complete the greater Tokyo area's aviation setup. This will help us move toward that goal...
KAZUO KITAGAWA Personally, I regret the visit. Aside from constitutional points, I am afraid that the visit might c...
KAZUO KITAGAWA Perhaps the government needs to be more actively involved in driver qualification and training.
KAZUO KITAGAWA The advancement of science and technology alone cannot make humanity happy.
KAZUO INAMORI I think that is the opportunity that is given by this event.
KAZUO INAMORI In Japan there is a saying that . . . just seeing and hearing the form, the manners and the words ...
KAZUO INAMORI It comes from experience. The body knows how to learn.
KAZUO HYODO It comes from experience. The body knows how to learn. Hear that? That sounds metallic, and you're s...
KAZUO HYODO