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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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 just love to see people having a good time.
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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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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 never had a kid before, and it's the best. It's something you're privileged to be part of, and my favorite things in the world are my kid and wife.
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I know how demanding show biz is. I fear that things would just end up bad if I'd date a colleague.
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I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.
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I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.
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My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you... It's horrible. You cannot forget human communication.
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Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.
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The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank them when I did and why I picked the grapes and where I opened the oldest procurable bottles, and all that, than I can remember living before I breathed.
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Copy editors are very important and too rarely praised.
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The great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness.
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People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.
