Born Japanese Singer

Famous quotes containing the words born, japanese and/or singer:

    “I was born upon thy bank, river,
    My blood flows in thy stream,
    And thou meanderest forever
    At the bottom of my dream.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The Japanese are, to the highest degree, both aggressive and unaggressive, both militaristic and aesthetic, both insolent and polite, rigid and adaptable, submissive and resentful of being pushed around, loyal and treacherous, brave and timid, conservative and hospitable to new ways.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)

    “Now the nightingale, the pretty nightingale,
    The sweetest singer in all the forest’s choir,
    Entreats thee, sweet Peggy, to hear thy true Love’s tale:
    Lo! yonder she sitteth, her breast against a briar.”
    —Thomas Dekker (1572?–1632?)