Haruki Murakami Quotes
The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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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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If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
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Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.
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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
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While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.
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Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
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I became what I wanted to be.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.
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I've tried several diets over the past couple of years – not because I need to lose weight, but because my pants are trying to cut me in two.
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I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.
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Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.
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I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word.
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There's nothing else exactly like it in any other art form, the orchestration of so many different elements. It's endlessly fascinating what can be done editorially. You can create meaning where there was none, you can create feeling where there was none, you can create narrative where there was none. Two frames can be the difference between something that works and something that doesn't. It's fascinating.
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I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.
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I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.
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I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.
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I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack.
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The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.
