Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.
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I don't like to talk about myself.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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I don't argue with people... if they say I'm not funny, they're right, for them.
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I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.
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I like the idea of being warm and secure. That's what home should be. That you have a sense of warmth, security, love, and you love the things around you and surround yourself with beauty.
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I needed a few more runs to get a world record myself - unfortunately these things happen.
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After winning, most teams become individuals; most teams become complacent.
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Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.
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While you live your life aboard the ship of life be aware of the sea of life on which it floats and on which it moves forward; be aware of the prevailing winds and currents that influence your progress as the master of the ship.
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I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.
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read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.
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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
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Just go along with things and let your mind move freely. Resign yourself to what cannot be avoided and nourish what is within you - this is best. What more do you have to do to fulfill your mission? Nothing is as good as following orders obeying fate - that's how difficult it is!
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He who thinks that macrobiotic living is merely a cure for physical ailments, however, can never really be helped. It is not a new medicine to stop pain or suffering, but rather a teaching that goes to the source of pain and eradicates it.
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Some things are forgotten, some things disappear, some things die.
