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Says being unable to sleep is “a matter of course” and “people who can easily forgive themselves don’t do very good work.”
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Its founder started out with a street-side food stall in Japan’s samurai era, and his restaurant is still serving customers in Tokyo today.
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The turtle wasn’t hit by a train, but was still too slow to get out of the way of another source of danger.
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