Haruki Murakami Quotes
Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it pushes you outside.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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The fictionally correct have all the answers, and that's what's wrong with them. They're artistic technocrats. There's no dilemma so knotty, no question so baffling, that it can't be smoothly neutralized by dialing up the right attitude adjustment. Poor old Hemingway. If only he'd known.
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We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
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Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
