Haruki Murakami Quotes
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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I always try to find something I like about the bad guys and then try to find the mistakes and the flaws in the good guys.
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The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it really struck me how it's so simply put and elegant, yet there's so much going on.
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I balance family and career by doing what makes me the happiest! That for me, without question, is putting my family and kids first.
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We are so resilient as a people. I have so much respect for their dignity and courage. I hope the world sees this side of Pakistan, one where professionals want a democracy. The spirit of our intelligentsia cannot be broken.
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If we have the courage to decide ourselves for peace we will have peace.
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You remember, we were sittin' there, by the water,You put your arm around me for the first time.You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter.You are the best thing that's ever been mine.
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As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.
