Haruki Murakami Quotes
What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.
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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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Something I've learned from people like U2, the Stones and Lenny Kravitz is that the grind of live shows is so necessary [to build your career].
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In Arthurian battle the trick for us was to figure out how to give it the scale that the movie deserved and fitted in a financial box that was necessary. We made the battle quite a bit bigger than originally intended, just because we felt that being part of the opening sequence of the movie we really needed to grab the audience's attention.
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Golf is played with a number of striking implements more intricate in shape than those used in any form of recreation except dentistry.
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There is an ocean of Gods love available-there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love-whatever the circumstances.
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Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.
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The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself
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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.
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The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
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I am fascinated by quantum physics.
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Most of the methods for measuring the lapse of time have, I believe, been the contrivance of monks and religious recluses, who, finding time hang heavy on their hands, were at some pains to see how they got rid of it.
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I buy my shoes a size too small. I like the way it feels.
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I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.
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When I walk to the ring, I hear voices telling me what to do and sometimes it's not the right thing, but it's definitely damn entertaining.
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What do you think? I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.
