"...if you have so many lawyers, they have to find business, which sometimes they have to create. Sometimes nonsensical lawsuits are generated by lawyers. In this country (the United States everybody sues everybody."

"I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done."

"In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another."

"I have had my difficulties with the American legal system, and so I feel qualified to talk about it."

"The American system of management, in my opinion, also relies too much on outsiders to help make business decisions., and this is because of the insecurity that American decision makers feel in their jobs, as compared with most top Japanese corporate executives."

"...the differences between U.S. and Japanese companies go beyond the cultural."

"We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices."

"Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes."

"..I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it."

"I believe people work for satisfaction."

"...the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers."

"You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding."

"A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management."

"Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things."

"More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods."

"We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice'."

"My job is simply to be myself, to be Ayumi Hamasaki."

"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment."

"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

"It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product."

"If you don't need it, then it is useless to be compassionate. If it's important then it will probably be followed with pain. Loneliness that you feel with someone is worse than one you feel alone."

"Choosing only the things you like isn't irresponsible. If you can't find anything you like then why take the responsibility? I take only the possibilities that I'm ready to accept."

"I saw the end of an age with these, my eyes. But I didn't want to know that it's my turn next."

"Everyone, including I, is certain that "that thing" they're searching for is in the future. But how many people have realized that "that" is actually in the past? I can't even guess."

"Today's happy face, today's sad face. Yesterday, a weak self, tomorrow, a strong self. If it's you, who are you showing it to? If it's I, whom should I show it to?"

"When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way..."

"Who taught me true strength? Who taught me kindness? Whom do I walk for? Who did I want to stroke my hair? Who didn't give up for me? I'll never forget."

"The lovers, appearing happy, walk, holding hands. Though it appears everything is perfect, only they know the truth."

"By your faith in people, you will someday be betrayed. I thought it was the same as being rejected. At the time I didn't have that kind of strength. Certainly, I knew too much. It was said that I was a strong child. I was praised, saying "you must have strength not to cry" The more things like that were said, the more even laughing was painful."

"…I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself."

"[...] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. [...] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me."

"Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing...because music is everything."

"If people will listen, I will go anywhere in the world!"

"I don't want to become adult!"

"[...]Everyone has a secret. Right? Of course I have a secret. I think maybe you too?"

"I thought Mommy's life was strange, not mine."

"This is a common case, seriously, It looks like a fight with him But she's really fighting with herself."

"I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it"

"Yayayaya Gagagaga Dadadada Wowowowo Yayayaya Gagagaga Dadadada Wowowowo Even if you think you are too bold It's all fine In all honesty, I'm hesitant To be prudent and reserved OK, together now, "Bold & Delicious!" Don't watch me quietly, stand up please, "Bold & Delicious!""

"But I escaped from reality Escaped from the pain I said to myself "Some day, I'll be as I should be Though I'm far from there now" After such excuses, my eyes were opened All I could do was to live in the present time."

"My lips told a lie For a trivial reason It wasn't for anyone else But only to protect myself And I didn't think about anyone else"

"An interested stranger asked me How do I see the scenery from here? I reply It's how you think it would be. It's useless to explain Everybody GO! Everybody JUMP!"

"You see? The times have changed But why do I still hear people say "Tears are woman's weapons"? We don't cry easily We are not always flirty We are not dolls Who are only dressed to the nines."

"Goodbye. You have gone to the place where we can never meet again I can't accept the coldness of an eternal parting I wish I could have heard you say That surely, you had loved me Only once, even if it were a lie"

"Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless"

"Though my heart is filled with feelings I want to convey You see, I can't express them in words If I had not met you I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain"

"Even in my age now, I'm the same as before and just as fearful I only learn how to pretend to be strong"

"Certainly everyone, in order to protect love, Certainly wishes to believe in something"