Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand looking at other humans. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!
Quotes to Explore
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
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They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.
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I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.
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Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.
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I think people are just incredibly depressed and hopeless about the prospects for change.
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Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.
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I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.
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A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football would not be for him. He might take part but could not belong.
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When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style.
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As a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.
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It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune. The Growleywogs knew that they were disliked and avoided by every one, so they had become surly and unsociable even among themselves.
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There were moments that Bobby and I would come offstage after performing in front of 20,000 people and say, 'Wow, how did that happen?' It's been a blessed life.
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People aren't necessarily as concerned with how you vote as long as they feel they have a voice. If you can cross that basic threshold - that is, when a voter knows you're willing to listen to them and that you care about their lives - then that's most of what you need to get their vote. It's not your voting record.
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You get along with certain people, but sometimes it feels like a job and you don't feel that instant connection with people.
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I enjoy worldbuilding very much. I generally start with an approximation. With 'Flesh and Spirit' and 'Breath and Bone,' because I was thinking of a world on the brink of a dark age, I began with the sense of Roman Britain. But I purposely set the geography to match something other than Britain - which has been overdone.
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Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.
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Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand looking at other humans. And that's why the industry is full of otaku!
