Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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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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The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really is.
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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 do believe that I will see the apocalypse in my lifetime. And when it comes, I'm not repenting for anything I've done.
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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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Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.
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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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I have friends who are black whose families opened their arms to them when they came out; I have friends who were white where they were rejected.
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I think you find stories with fresh perspectives, and there can be a danger in the opposite way when you start getting too cynical and things just don't start seeming like stories, and things don't seem exciting anymore. It's like, 'Yep, this is my fourth caucus, and I know everybody and know everything and I am writing just to impress my friends.'
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You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of cathedrals; fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse; grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there?
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Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?
