Hiromu Arakawa Quotes

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• Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.

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  Inspirational, Dream, Eye

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• I draw manga, therefore I am!

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  Art, Drawing, Painter

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• In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.

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  War, Book, Soldier

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• It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Knowing Who You Are, World

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• There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.

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  Strong, Pain, Heart

  "Fictional character: Edward". "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", 2009-2010.

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• Enduring and forgiving are two different things. You must not forgive the cruelty of this world. It's our duty as human beings to be angry at injustice. But we must also endure it. Because someone must sever this chain of hatred.

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  Two, Hatred, Forgiving

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• What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?

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  Reality, Exactly Is

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• Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Anime, Perfect

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Anime by Hiromu Arakawa, 2001 - 2010.

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• A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return.

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  Pain, Sacrifice, Lessons

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• Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You've got two good legs. So get up and use them. You're strong enough to make your own path.

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  Strong, Moving, Two

  "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood". TV Series, 2009 - 2010.

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• Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just... Jean: A little brat who swears a lot Maes: An arrogant pipsqueak Roy: Useless. Just useless Alphonse: Sorry big brother, I don't know how to add to that... Ed *starts to cry*: YOU'RE ALL PICKING ON ME!!!

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  Brother, Sorry, Add

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• And now, I'm thinking again, isn't there something we can do about something we can't do anything about?

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  Thinking, Can Do

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• Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime

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  Integrity, Greed, Trying

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• Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got too close to the Sun, to God, the wax melted and he crashed to the ground.

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  Hero, Wings, Sun

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Manga by Hiromu Arakawa, 2001 - 2010.

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• Water: 35 Liters. Carbon: 20 Kg. Ammonia: 4 Liters. Lime: 1.5 Kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100g. Sulfur: 80g. Fluorine: 7.5 g. Iron: 5 g. Silicon: 3 g. And 15 other elements in small quantities. That's the total chemical makeup of the average adult body. For that matter, the elements found in a human being is all junk that you can buy in any market with a child's allowance. Humans are pretty cheaply made.

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  Children, Makeup, Average

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Manga by Hiromu Arakawa, 2001 - 2010.

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• If there's no door, then I'll make one!

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  Doors, Ifs

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Manga by Hiromu Arakawa, 2001 - 2010.

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• Believe in yourself. Pick a path that you, deep down in your soul, won't be ashamed of.

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  Believe, Soul, Path

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Manga series by Hiromu Arakawa, July 12, 2001 – June 12, 2010.

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• Friends are connected by their souls, you can't just rinse something out that has been deeply instilled into your sou

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  Soul, Connected, Has Beens

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• I'm tired of this. It's like, just when I think our goal is within reach, it slips right through our fingers. It's happened time and again. Now, when we finally in our grasp, the truth slaps us in the face.

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  Tired, Thinking, Goal

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• Fool! Nothing but black ink runs through my veins!

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  Running, Black, Ink

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• Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this." But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all." His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.

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  Character, Thinking, Artist

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• You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride. Of course, excessive want will destroy anyone, but those same desires are necessary to understand what it means to be human. Why did you rid yourself of them?

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  Fun, Mean, Pride

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• Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.

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  Thinking, Want Something, Greed

  "Fictional character: Greed". Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Yaskusoku no hi), www.imdb.com. 2009-2010.

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• To obtain something, something of equal value must be given.

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  Anime, Alchemist, Fma

  "Fictional character: Narrator". "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", 2009-2010.

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• Manga is a very entertaining cultural form, made of many totally different genres. Don’t restrict yourself with a single style of manga. I would be delighted to be your springboard, but try to read as much as you can in order to branch out!

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  Order, Style, Trying

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