Haruki Murakami Quotes
Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see if you don't doubt whether you actually exist. I look at my hands half expecting to see clear through them.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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There's a lot of buying power from the Middle East. Girls from Dubai want to be able to wear Asos, and you have people travelling all the way to the States just to go shopping.
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In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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I don't like having to be pushed into a box.
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I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
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What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs. It's not working. Something is going to have to give.
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Composition has almost always been solitary.
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I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.
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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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Fandom is amazing.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections...
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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The most important thing I learned... was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist.
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In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.
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Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see if you don't doubt whether you actually exist. I look at my hands half expecting to see clear through them.
