11 Quotes & Sayings By Fuminori Nakamura

Dr. Fuminori Nakamura is a native of Japan, where he was born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Education at Chuo University with a degree in psychology. He received his PhD degree in educational psychology at the University of Iowa Read more

Dr. Nakamura has taught at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He has also served as Chair of Department of Education Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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The man at the end of the bar was looking at me.... Should I get drunk and sleep with him now? But I could see that I would regret that so much I would want to die after. I didn't want to get involved with anyone, and I didn't want to bear being alone with the warmth left by someone long gone. Fuminori Nakamura
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We're attacking all accepted values. Authority, class differences, shared perceptions. We don't care what happens to our social structure -- revolutions are for suckers. Our target is people's collective consciousness. It's like throwing a cream pie in their face. Fuminori Nakamura
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Given the situation I had gotten myself into, I just chose the path that seemed most likely to succeed and did the best I could. But Shota died so suddenly. His death ripped open a deep fissure in my life. It was a cruel and heedless truth that I will never be able to comprehend. No matter what I do, I cannot change it. Is there any meaning in this world where Shota could die such an inexplicable death? That fissure spread through me unexpectedly. A responsible person would probably tell me to smile even though he’s gone. They’d probably say Shota, even though he was only a child, would have wanted me to lead a good life. But I don’t need to hear those words. This world is overflowing with hackneyed expressions like that. They can comfort most people, but they make me suffer. Words that most people nod along to make those who can’t nod along suffer. They alienate them. What about words that can reach someone like me? Do those exist? I am twisted. I can’t look at the world straight. But why am still trying to live on? Even though I think it would be better to curse the world, smile perversely and die. . Fuminori Nakamura
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When human consciousness stops fooling itself and looks at the situation straight on, it can't cope. Fuminori Nakamura
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Deep down, people who deliberately distribute other people’s music and stuff feel contempt for professionals. And it’s not just culture – these days lots of people are contemptuous of everything. Without realizing it, they’re searching for things to despise. Fuminori Nakamura
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I kept staring at the moon. I'm not sure if its light was good or evil. I thought it might not be either. The moon just shines with the light of chaos. Mysteriously. Brightly. That must not be either good or evil. Just as the rules of this world are not all good. Fuminori Nakamura
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Even when the moon shrinks and disappears, it shows itself again gradually. When ancient people saw that eternal cycle of death and recovery, they prayed to the moon for their own rebirth. Rebirth. Will I be reborn?. .. If I were reborn, what would I become? Fuminori Nakamura
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Happiness is a fortress. Fuminori Nakamura
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You could say that everything had become weirdly distorted because I'd broken the rules so many times. Fuminori Nakamura
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If there is only nothingness after death, what’s the point of this world? Fuminori Nakamura