Haruki Murakami Quotes
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
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Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.
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He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.
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Every day, my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases.
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I gather inspiration from all aspects of my life and things I see: love, heartache, mistakes, hopes, regrets, successes and faith. And it helps to have a wild imagination.
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Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.
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I'm a person who tries not to have regrets.
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The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason.
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As seemingly impossible as it may seem of having zero regrets, when I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.
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My mantra has always been to have zero regrets in life. Everything I do at one speed, I go all-out.
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I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I could.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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Fear is stupid. So are regrets.
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In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the record. We used to do it all by ourselves. I just don't really want to do it anymore. I want somebody to do it for me. I want to concentrate on other things. That's been a big change, a learning curve. But no regrets, it's all part of life's rich tapestry.
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It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.
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I dont believe in having regrets.
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Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.
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If I had to live again I would do exactly the same thing. Of course I have regrets, but if you are 60 years old and you have no regrets then you haven't lived.
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I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.
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I don't try to impress people. Sometimes my jokes can be very harsh; I'm very sarcastic. I would joke about something disgusting, and my agent might be like, 'OK, maybe leave that behind for this one meeting. The burping? Maybe don't do that.'
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There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
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Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
