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#1

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
― Vincent Van Gogh

tags: courage, inaction, just-do-it, timidity

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#2

“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
― Vincent Willem van Gogh

tags: art, nature, poetry, suicide

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#3

“If you are generous, you are rich, no matter how little you have; if you are stingy, you are poor, no matter how much you have.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

tags: benevolence-quotes, charity-quotes, giving-quotes, matshona-dhliwayo-quotes, poor-quotes, poverty-quotations, poverty-quotes, rich-quotes, stingy-quotes, wealthy-quotes

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“Declare war on poverty, not the poor.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

tags: matshona-dhliwayo-quotes, peace-quotations, peace-quote, poor-quotes, poverty-quotations, poverty-quotes, war-quotations, war-quotes, world-peace-quotes

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#5

“At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.”
― Albert Camus

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#6

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
― Albert Camus

tags: absurdism

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#7

“You can't create experience, you undergo it.”
― Albert Camus

tags: contemporary-romance

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#8

“Peace is the only battle worth waging.”
― Albert Camus

tags: peace

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#9

“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”
― Albert Camus

tags: philosophy-of-life

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#10

“After awhile you could get used to anything.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

tags: existentialism

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#11

“Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: baron, the-cat-returns

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#12

“I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#13

“Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#14

“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.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#15

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: change, tolstoy

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#16

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: perfection

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#17

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: love, respect

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#18

“If you want to be happy, be.”
― Leo Tolstory

tags: inspirational

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#19

“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: honesty, independent-thought

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#20

“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#21

“I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#22

“The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#23

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: evil, good

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#24

“Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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#25

“Life is a winking light in the darkness.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: life

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#26

“But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.”
― Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises

tags: airplanes, engineering, war

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#27

“The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: ashitaka, princess-mononoke

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#28

“Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.' And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: happiness, life

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#29

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: feathers, hope, inspirational, souls

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#30

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.”
― Emily Dickinson

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