Haruki Murakami Quotes
Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes be useless.
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
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You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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My father is a businessman, and my mother is a schoolteacher.
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I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.
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You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.
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I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
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There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.
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There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.
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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
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Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.
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Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes be useless.
