Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
I managed to work for more than 50 years with just paper, pencils and film. My son's generation and the one coming up after can't work with just paper and pencils any more. I managed to avoid using a computer. I don't even have a cellphone. I feel lucky I managed to live like that.

Quotes to Explore
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.
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I've learned, after 18 years of gathering information, to eat, then check in with my body - how do I feel? I've learned to eat whatever makes my body feel good. As a teenager, I was just so confused, overwhelmed by all the information.
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
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If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.
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I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
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I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.
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I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
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I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.
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I started singing in church with my sister Maria when I was four, and I've been pretty much singing ever since. There's never been anything else for me to do.
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For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.
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Science becomes dangerous only when it imagines that it has reached its goal.
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Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means.
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We'll go in one direction with one album, and then we like to do the opposite right away. But it's not like we ever have an idea before we start - that would be too artificial. It all starts from just sitting in a room and playing.
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I managed to work for more than 50 years with just paper, pencils and film. My son's generation and the one coming up after can't work with just paper and pencils any more. I managed to avoid using a computer. I don't even have a cellphone. I feel lucky I managed to live like that.