Haruki Murakami Quotes
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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I was the first and only person in my family to go to university, and I spent two decades redesigning myself: even my voice is the product of elocution lessons.
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I am not saying one is better than the other. I enjoy both. But Hollywood is far more organised than Bollywood.
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Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes.
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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
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The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.
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Who love my man, I'm a liar if I say I don't But I'll quit my man, I'm a liar if I say I wont.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart!Though day is bright,The stars can only shineIn the dark night.Be strong, O Heart of mine,Look towards the light!
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I set out to do a horror film with 'Dog Soldiers,' and what I came out with at the end of the day was something that was more of a cult movie, more of a black comedy with some horror elements in it. It kind of went over the top.
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I love dressing for the winter - especially in baggy chunky cardigans.
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A new bubble will replace the old one. A new technology will come along to fix the messes we made with the last one. In a way, that is the story of the settling of the Americas, the supposedly inexhaustible frontier to which Europeans escaped.
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Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.
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We have a habit of turning to scientists when we want factual answers and artists when we want entertainment, but where are the facts about the nature of the self? Neurologists peering at PET scans and fMRIs know they aren't seeing the soul in there.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.
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An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.
