Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.
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When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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If we're talking fantasy, I would love to host a late night talk show... More Fallon than Leno. Those guys always seem like they're having way too much fun at their 'jobs.'
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Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
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I feel awed by the mystery of being both so finite and yet so infinite, so much and so little, so conscious and yet, so coincidental.
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I was faced more with apathy than opposition.
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I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.
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I will wear makeup because I want to look good for myself, but it's not to please other people. It's not so I fit in with the pretty girls or to impress guys.
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I'm never comfortable being in front of the camera, but I've learned how to deal with it.
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The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that it's lasted for over thirty years; and why it may last in some respects as long as Mother Goose!
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Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.
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When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees.
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It is my determination that we, as a party, continue to make that fundamental restatement of liberal values in the politics of our country.
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Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.
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Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.
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I win everyday I'm out there.
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Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb.
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A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.
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Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.
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I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.
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Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.
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Everything, everything seemed once-upon-a-time.
