Haruki Murakami Quotes

When there's nothing to do, you do nothing slowly and intently.

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• I would like my kids to study well.

  

  Vijay
  • Kids
  • Like
  • Study

• I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody'. I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A. It's four chapters.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Up
  • Conversation
  • Talking

• What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Want
  • Death
  • Missing

• Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • People
  • Hurt
  • Alcohol

• We never wore burkas because Somalis had our own culture.

  

  Iman
  • Culture
  • Never
  • Own

• To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

  

  Sally Schneider
  • Book
  • Moment
  • Spontaneous

• May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.

  

  Otto Wallach
  • Work
  • Country
  • May

• I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Happy
  • Myself
  • Present

• I love to learn, and at some level, there's something to learn from my books. And I love art and philosophy, so there's something philosophical about my fiction.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Love
  • Art
  • Philosophy

• The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

  

  Uri Geller
  • Mind
  • Strong
  • Peace

• You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Money
  • Perception
  • Media

• Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'

  

  Naomi Klein
  • People
  • Kids
  • Me

• When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Truth
  • Want
  • Author

• It's important to see color. We are not the same. We have very different experiences.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Different
  • Important
  • Color

• I just keep happy and help the team when I get an opportunity.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Happy
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• If you want success, be unique.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Want
  • Success
  • Unique

• You don't have to worry about what happened last year; you can start fresh.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Worry
  • Start
  • Year

• True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Life
  • Music
  • Country

• Maluma comes from my mom, my dad and my sister's names. The first letters of my mom's name are Ma, my dad's is Lu, and my sister's is Ma.

  

  Maluma
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Sister

• It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Work
  • Doing
  • Hard

• I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Sad

• Before we leave for South Africa it is key for us to keep building on our combinations within the squad.

  

  Ian Foster
  • Building
  • South Africa
  • Combinations

• When there's nothing to do, you do nothing slowly and intently.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Nothing