"We weep for a birdâ€™s cry, but not for a fishâ€™s blood. Blessed are those with a voice."

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Source : "Fictional character: Major Motoko Kusanagi". "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence", www.imdb.com. 2004.

Mamoru Oshii

#Blessed Quotes #Blood Quotes #Voice Quotes

“The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.”
“Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,â€™ she said. â€˜Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.”

Source : William Dalrymple (2003). “City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi”, p.60, Penguin
“In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together.”
“The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil!”
“The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich..”
“In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to "bend" their observations to fit in with it.”
“You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.”
“People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.”

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