Haruki Murakami Quotes
We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.
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I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.
Nastassja Kinski -
I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.
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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst.
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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
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Paris, Texas is the first film that I've totally cared about, the first movie I totally wanted to do - and that after 27 years that I considered my prison term.
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I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.
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I get terrible reviews everywhere I go.
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We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.
