Haruki Murakami Quotes
You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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Listen, when somebody says, 'I take the fifth,' well, you know, they did something, OK? Why else would they take the fifth?
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Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
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But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.
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But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
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I don't just train to be a participant. I train to come up big in big moments. That's when I know I've got to roll the sleeves up.
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One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
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We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do about the causes of physical health.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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You guys know the way I play. And what's so ironic is, KG is the same way. I'm looking at him in practice and going, 'Wow, I'm always that guy,' you know?
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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.
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Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.
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I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.
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John Boehner is a friend.
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Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
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How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work?
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You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.
