"Look at this! It hasnt even been 5 years, yet were the only ones who still bothered to come out all this way to visit his grave.I dont know if hes a hero or the grand spirit of our society, but they used him as much as they could and then they simply threw him out. This is where those who follow their dreams end up. I certainly didnt raise your father to make him into someone like that. And yet, here he is, long dead and gone. He brought so much misfortune to his parents! Its far better not to dream at all then to work yourself into the grave for the people who wont even help themselves."
Eureka Seven, known in Japan as Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven , is a Japanese anime television series created and produced by Bones. The series was directed by Tomoki Kyoda, with series composition by Dai Satō, character designs by Kenichi Yoshida and music by Naoki Satō. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pil
"Thats something you have to decide. What it is you believe in, and what you decide to do with that belief is all your own responsibility. Its up to you whether to ride the waves or to letem die. That is the motto that all lifters live by, isnt it ?"
Eureka Seven"Oh no! Why cant I move the controls? How come? What do I do? Those are missiles! Wait, why wont this move? No way this is happening! Why? Whats going on? No, wait just a minute! This is how my life is gonna end? No way! At 14 its all over? Wait! Wait a minute!"
Eureka Seven"Renton: How long had it been since I left Charles place? Seemed like forever. I kept walking for the promise, the promise of getting to see Eureka. But...but now I couldnt get myself to even walk. And I was beginning to lose sight of the reason why I kept on walking. Sis...maybe, maybe I... (collapses)"
Eureka Seven"Dominic: Looks like we both fell for troublesome ladies. So Renton? Renton: Huh, how do you know my name? Dominic: Dominic. Im Dominic Sorel."
Eureka Seven"Renton: Grandpa, Im sorry. Until now, I think Ive been running away. Axel: Away from what? Renton: From things that I have to do and things I thought were weighing me down. So, Im gonna stop running away now. Im gonna stop. Im not gonna run anymorw. Im gonna go get some training. I wanna train so that some day I can become a mechanic just like you, Grandpa. Axel: Good, youve come to your senses. Itll be tough. Renton: I know, but itll be alright. and thats because Im your grandson. Axel: (crying) Idiot. Its not nice to make an old man cry. (walks away) Renton: (with tears in eyes) Grandpa."
Eureka Seven"Eureka: (raises hand) Like this. You just raise your hand up towards the sky. Now you try it. Renton: Huh? Eureka: Hurry! Renton: Um, okay. (raises hand) Hey, can you really read the waves just by doing this? Eureka: Stay quiet. Renton: Oh, sorry. (stares at Eurekas lips and blushes)"
Eureka Seven"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that theres free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate."
"With much care and skill power has been broken into fragments in the American township, so that the maximum possible number of people have some concern with public affairs."
"The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything rises out of it and is absorbed back into it."
"I should say that when people talk about capitalism its a bit of a joke. Theres no such thing. No country, no business class, has ever been willing to subject itself to the free market, free market discipline. Free markets are for others. Like, the Third World is the Third World because they had free markets rammed down their throat. Meanwhile, the enlightened states, England, the United States, others, resorted to massive state intervention to protect private power, and still do. Thats right up to the present. I mean, the Reagan administration for example was the most protectionist in post-war American history. Virtually the entire dynamic economy in the United States is based crucially on state initiative and intervention: computers, the internet, telecommunication, automation, pharmaceutical, you just name it. Run through it, and you find massive ripoffs of the public, meaning, a system in which under one guise or another the public pays the costs and takes the risks, and profit is privatized. Thats very remote from a free market. Free market is like what India had to suffer for a couple hundred years, and most of the rest of the Third World."
"I appeal to all pupils, students and young people, asking you to focus on the horizons that are opening up for you, and which you could only dream of a year ago. Our future will depend on your desire for education and moral values as well as on your entrepreneurial spirit."
"We have created a wealthy society with tens of millions of talented, resourceful individuals who play virtually no role whatsoever as citizens. Bringing these people in — with their networks of influence, their knowledge, and their resources — is the key to creating the capacity for shared intelligence that we need to solve our problems."
Al Gore