Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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Denmark is, like, the flattest country on Earth.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.
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My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it seemed like a very... I knew I was going to act all my life, but I didn't know that I was going to be a professional actor. I thought I was just going to work as an actor every now and then.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.
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I attended the climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, and back then, national governments waited until days before to submit climate plans, and the U.S. based its pledge on a proposed bill that would fail in the Senate.
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I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you're out of the movie.
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Scamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well.
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He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely.
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Manhood is what we profess, and what we try to get across.
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When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.
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I don't hunt big African game anymore.
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I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.
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I grew up in Yorkshire, which is like the Texas of Britain. It's a proud free state and not always liked by the other counties in Britain.
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I spent a long time in London on the stage, and you knew exactly what you were going to be doing. You not only knew the performance, but you also knew exactly where you would stand.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.
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Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?