Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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When you are clinically diagnosed with depression as a teenager, sometimes people don't understand it. You feel like you should be happy, especially when you have a very lucky upbringing, and you blame yourself.
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I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it at the same time because I can read a book in a day.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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My special thing as a kid was to play dead because I thought I was really good at it. When I was 7 or 8, I even did it in the bathroom with a hair dryer in the bathtub. I realized that I was good at it because each time my mom would scream.
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When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
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I love the ending of 'The Wrestler.'
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I really like structured coats and layered scarves, and I especially love cashmere sweaters.
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When I was in grade school, my teachers decided I was just about the dumbest thing to come through the door in a long time. Whatever the lesson, whatever the subject, I would sit and listen to them with a lost, glassy-eyed expression on my face.
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I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor.
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I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.
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I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
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I wouldn't say I'm the "nice" judge, but I was certainly reminded a couple of times that this is for a million dollars. There's one thing to just do a good dance, but I had to ask myself, "Is that the million-dollar dance?" There are certain dances that people prefer, and I preferred the intelligent and smart choreography.
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Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.
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I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.
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That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.
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In computer circles, any unencrypted data is known as 'cleartext.'
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The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.
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The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.
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I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?
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Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.
