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“Being an actress is about satisfying people's need for fantasies...as an escape to reality. When someone is affected by the movie or drama; whether it be happiness or sadness; it is a great honor for us.”
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The best anime quotes about philosophy.
“Being an actress is about satisfying people's need for fantasies...as an escape to reality. When someone is affected by the movie or drama; whether it be happiness or sadness; it is a great honor for us.”
“Did you know? If a colony of ants gets rid of the laziest one, another one will just start being lazy instead?”
“This is a case of personal feelings: there's no way to force someone into saying that he or she loves someone. Besides, only the person knows whether the love truly exists. Even if it's said out with false feelings, it'll just cause damage on both sides.”
“Bonds are what they are because they can be cut.”
“Leave people to their own thoughts, and sooner or later they start questioning the powers that be. If you're in a position of power, the last thing you want folks to ask is whether or not the way things are, is the way they have to be.”
“Sometimes, it's necessary to look back at the past in order to move on to the future.”
“When you fall in love with someone, you want everything from them. Its only natural to feel that way... but real love can only happen when you want what's best for the other person and never ask for anything in return.”
“Pawns? Isn't that such an ugly term to use? We should call them the foundation for our futures. But it's a fact that they'll be sacrificed.”
“People can face tomorrow because they can see reality and accept it. By denying reality, you cloud up the present, and tomorrow will never come. No, you can cloud it up, but your tomorrow will be that much crueler.”
“Killing for your own ideas... even a bandit could do that if it's killing a complete stranger. However, it's a completely different thing when it comes to killing a relative or a friend. Desire alone isn't enough. You need indomitable will and unwavering beliefs.”
“Men select women based on emotion. Even if there's a reason, it's only secondary. However, women select men based on reason. Either by something like his class ranking or his standing in society.”
“I'll tell you a way that I heard to figure out if you like someone or not. Imagine, when you find a rainbow, when you found a shooting star, when you found a cafe you like, when your change is 777 yen or something. If it's Raku, it's fine to imagine the first time a leaf stood up in your tea. When you found a beautiful sunset, or if you found your taste in music, or if you win a pretty good prize in the lottery, those small things in everyday life. When you encounter those small happiness or luck, who is the very first person you want to tell that to? Whose face came into your mind?”
“If a member of one’s family is killed by a thief, then one should hate the thief. But people will miss aim their hatred — why should they go to where the thief hides? If one loses a family member to sickness, then one should hate the disease. It is not the doctor’s fault; yet people will hate the doctor.”
“Some questions with no answers cannot be answered even by those who live forever. Yet, the absence of a correct answer does not mean the question cannot be answered. If you want to know how I felt about the complete ban on some culture and art that I could not understand, was not interested in, or could not accept, in the name of preventing the violations of others’ rights or other trumped up charges, I believe that would be taking us onto the road of discriminating against others. If we define culture as that which is healthy or humane, and defend that decision in the name of justice, once any part of that system collapses, it will cause an unimaginable number of problems for society. For instance, if I drew a line in the middle and erased one side, the next day, a new line will appear in the middle of the side that is left. I think suppressing the instincts and thoughts of the human spirit is bad. The desire for purity and wholesomeness, when taken to an extreme, is harmful.”
“Those who are granted great power lose all self-restraint when among the weak. Oranges don't start out rotten. It's the container that makes them rot.”
“It's just... a love that's continued for many years without straying is something that, to anyone who sees it, is beautiful and impossible to fault. But... Though it may be short, and it may be something that's become crooked and bent partway through, if they're serious about the way they feel... then I don't think that's something that isn't beautiful.”
“Only a foolish human would attempt to rationalize emotion.”
“Once you find out whom you made the promise to, will you really be able to fall in love with her?”
“Battle was a thing which was won by living and which was lost by dying.”
“Girls are happier when they're the only one you're nice to.”
