I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

You change the world by being yourself.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

Smile to the future and it will smile back to you

Every drop in the ocean counts.

Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.

Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

One of my pa...friends... isn't doing very well.""...Is your friend dying?""...Yes honey, he is.""That's sad.

Missing someone enlightens how the person means to you and broadens the feelings shared.

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

We deceive ourselves when giving respect to the person for whom we have surrendered ourselves, when we respectively expect them to be as we would wish them to be.

For me, the arts are just an endless source of intelligence, brilliance, imagination, and originality.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

That was my dream, to drive for Ferrari, but I am not a kid any more. If Ferrari is the best team and if I get the chance to drive for Ferrari, it would be with pleasure.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.