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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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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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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My game was always about good defence.
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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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 have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work by myself, to put a song across to an audience by myself.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.
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People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.
