In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.
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Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don’t even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you’ll be flying again.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
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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.
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There has never been a work of art created which didn’t somehow reflect its own time.
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.
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Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
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I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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I intend to work until the day I die.
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Children understand intuitively that the world they have been born into is not a blessed world.
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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The characters are born from repetition.
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I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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