Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.
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The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.
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Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.
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I swear my car won't run unless I'm picking my nose: At least, I'm that superstitious about it, so I don't want to take any chances.
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Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands.
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The living blind and seeing Dead together lieAs if in love . . . There was no more hating then,And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.
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I graduated with a B.A. from Goddard College in 1991 and then studied poetry for a year in the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Vermont College.
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I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.
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I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
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Don't tell me about the problems - I make the problems.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't.
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I've been identified with pink throughout my career, but I'm not as crazy about it as I've led people to believe. My favorite colors are actually neutrals—black and white—but then who thinks of a movie queen in black and white? Everything has to be in living color.
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People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.
