Haruki Murakami Quotes
It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.' 'And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.' 'That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.' 'Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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A 'farm' today means 100,000 chickens in a space the size of a Motel 6 shower stall.
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Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.
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Jay Hov about to change my name to Jay Pesobut in a meantime called me William H thoughon a platinum Yamaha got the engine gunningthrowing it up like liquor on an empty stomach.
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The stuff coming out of Silicon Valley is dorky. Like, it's not very sexy.
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I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.
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Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.
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The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.
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Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.
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I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian - for me - for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God's in the mix.
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The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.
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Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.
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They were tricky, those demons. Could they be trusted? Of course they could be trusted. She'd created them. She owned them. They wouldn't lead her astray.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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The main thing you worry about is just coming up with songs at all. I don't sit down and write stuff like certain writers do. They think about what they are going to write first and then they write it. I just get what comes in at me. It's like I'm a musician and if I can keep my mitt on, I can catch the balls that come at me.
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I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.
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It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.' 'And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.' 'That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.' 'Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things.
