Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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People always ask, 'Do you wanna do movies; do you wanna do other things?' But they haven't fired me from 'OLTL' yet. When that happens, I'll make that choice.
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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
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I am married.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.
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And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
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My mother came to a Smashing Pumpkins gig once, and I was wearing a dress. She was very upset. She said, 'Everyone's gonna think you're a fag.' I said,'Well, they already think I'm an asshole.'
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'You're no help,' he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
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Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
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As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl - from such an early age. Then, at the same time, we're told that well-behaved girls won't change the world or ever make a splash.
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We have overcome economic devastation, defeated mighty oppressors, and lifted up generation after generation of Americans. We can - and we will - do it again. For that is our birthright as members of the American family - white, black, Hispanic, Asian, immigrant, or descendant of the Founding Fathers themselves.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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All great achievements require time.
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Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.
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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
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The past is littered with regret, the future bound by anxiety. The time is always now.
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Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyesMay weep, but never see,A night of memories and of sighsI consecrate to thee.
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I just want to serve Colombia.
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More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
