Haruki Murakami Quotes
It's just that you're about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to change a little. Things may look different to you than they did before. But don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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The genealogy of fictional characters can become an obsession, like train-spotting, and should be firmly resisted.
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There's been a progression in my sound.
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We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.
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Cheerleader roles are really not my thing. I want things that are weird or not typical.
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To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.
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When Wayne was traded, I became captain. For me it really wasn't anything - I didn't do anything or I didn't feel I had to do anything different than what I had been doing all along.
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When my playing career stopped and Old Dominion asked me to be an assistant, I was reluctant about it because I didn't aspire to be a coach, and I didn't know if I had the qualities to be a coach.
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I have moments of weakness, but mostly I brush the criticism off... Who cares if I'm not a size zero? I don't want to be. I love my body; I'm healthy, I work out.
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Marvel books also feed into the smaller publishers and the fact that this is happening in the same month we're launching Ultimate Fantastic Four is no coincidence.
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When you dare me to do something, I will say, 'Watch me'. That is what I say to critics. 'Watch me'.
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I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people.
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I lost interest in being in the public eye.
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I don't think I am the type of person who thinks, 'I dunno. Things are getting on top of me.' It's not that I think I'm any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.
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But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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The more positive you are when you think and work toward your goals, the faster you achieve them.
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I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.
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I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission.
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It's just that you're about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to change a little. Things may look different to you than they did before. But don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality.
