Haruki Murakami Quotes
In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.
Quotes to Explore
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
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I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened. It just was so awe-inspiring to actually be able to see the thing through the television that was a miracle in itself.
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My life was pretty rough.
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For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.
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My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that.
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You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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Ἔστι γὰρ πλοῦτός γ᾽ ἀμεμφής, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῷ φόβος·ὄμμα γὰρ δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν.
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Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.
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I get a lot of demos sent my way, and I listen to them, and sometimes they just have something very special.
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The cure until the late 1940s, when there was an antibiotic discovered for tuberculosis, was basically rest. It was fresh, cold air, lots of food - five meals a day, lots of sleep, not very much talking, and for some people, complete stillness.
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You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem.
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When I am working, I have two shows on Saturday, and when I wake up, and it's a lovely day, I just cry. I'm joking: I love my job.
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Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
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The key for me with 'Star Wars' is to stay in their world. Don't get in the way of what is already known and what works. I think of the basic nature of the filmmaking process that worked so well for the original trilogy. No stylistic flights of fancy for the sake of showing off. Tell the story, get the shot, get the performances, and move on.
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The most important thing was to win tonight, world record would have been just the icing on the cake.
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In the world we live in, what we know and what we don't know are like Siamese twins, inseparable, existing in a state of confusion.
