Haruki Murakami Quotes
Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.
Quotes to Explore
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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I have a great office.
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I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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'Glass Sword' has several set piece scenes that I plotted out or visualized before I wrote them, but I always knew they were coming. They anchor bits of the story.
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I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
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Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
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I will ge glad to have done with this life forever.
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In the face of a world where economic hardships often ground the best of the human spirit into the worst, love provided a pathway into hidden chambers of the spirit where nobility and compassion might be salvaged, resurrected, and made stronger.
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One of those creatures wrote you once, ‘do not call up any that you can not put down’.
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May I borrow your wheelbarrow?— I didn't lay down my life in World War IIso that you could borrow my wheelbarrow
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People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.
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It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.
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I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.
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Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.
