Haruki Murakami Quotes
As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing like them in the first place, and it was never you versus anybody.
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When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
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When you're rehearsing, you get really inspired in the beginning, but then it becomes repetitious and you lose the magic. How do you get the magic again? The magic happens when you're not pushing it.
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It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in.
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His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.
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When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
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The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.
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If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch.
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I'm obviously not a guy who focuses on weight too much. But for certain jobs, you have to gain or lose weight.
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All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.
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Enthusiasm is always connected with the senses, whatever be the object that excites it. The true strength of virtue is serenity of mind, combined with a deliberate and steadfast determination to execute her laws. That is the healthful condition of the moral life; on the other hand, enthusiasm, even when excited by representations of goodness, is a brilliant but feverish glow which leaves only exhaustion and languor behind.
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What a fool honesty is.
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You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
