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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.”
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki I’d like more of the world go back to being wild.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki You always have to appeal to your audience.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki If you’re going to retire, retire early.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki I’ve never studied psychology.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
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Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki I don’t like games. You’re robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.
Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
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Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
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More on darkness
The fall of a single star can never darken the whole sky.
Saloni VermaSaloni Verma Fear not the devil’s darkness which you thought of as moonlight, Fear not, the waves knotted within your heart, which crashes onto your eyes waterline, there? Yes there! In that illusion exists you.
Deepali SinghviDeepali Singhvi Won’t you let me sail the waves with you, we can dive into the darkest depths of each other and if you ever feel like drowning, I promise I will be there to bring you back to solid ground.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry Will you try being a minimalist? Reduce the clutter, the daily list? A clean blank page, room for something new. Darkness to Light, half a life you could have missed.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson There is something immensely dark about wars, they give more reasons to destruct and fewer reasons to reconstruct.
SargamSargam All the colors turned grey, all the lights turned dark, I met you and saw the world collapse.
SargamSargam You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Leave me to the moon he understands this side of my darkness.
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