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To overstate Mandapa’s Eden-esque majesty–closely overseen by general manager and nearly 20-year Ritz-Carlton veteran, Masanori Hosoya, whose affable, soft-spoken charm belies a venerable green thumb and an exacting attention to detail–is impossible.
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Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Among its more exciting recent releases is this novel, about a Cambridge University academic who is haunted by the story of his soft-spoken grandfather, who for 10 years was a prisoner of conscience in Vietnam.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
For the first time, the soft-spoken, introverted Delaporte-Richard found himself in the spotlight, with his first major project now available for the world to purchase — unfamiliar territory for him.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
Padilla ordinarily is a very polite guy, extraordinary civil — calm, soft-spoken, the opposite of an aggressive loudmouth.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
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Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Among its more exciting recent releases is this novel, about a Cambridge University academic who is haunted by the story of his soft-spoken grandfather, who for 10 years was a prisoner of conscience in Vietnam.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
For the first time, the soft-spoken, introverted Delaporte-Richard found himself in the spotlight, with his first major project now available for the world to purchase — unfamiliar territory for him.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
Padilla ordinarily is a very polite guy, extraordinary civil — calm, soft-spoken, the opposite of an aggressive loudmouth.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
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“Soft-spoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft-spoken. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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