Haruki Murakami Quotes
Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.
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I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.
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Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.
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Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.
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The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.
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Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
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It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.
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One of the stumbling blocks for a lot of people is tracking expenses for three months.
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It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.
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I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.
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We are all dead. All equal. Broken and aimless and believing we are alive. This is Russia and it is 1952. What else would you call hell?
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There's huge opportunities to continue to improve efficiency in the way the government operates and improve the way government provides services to its citizens.
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Don't say giddy-up to your mouth before your head is hitched up.
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What we have called the "law" of creation, therefore, is both compelling (laws of nature) and appealing (norms), and the range of its validity can be both sweeping (general) and individualized (particular).
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Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
