Haruki Murakami Quotes
Of course you keep telling yourself there's something to be learned from everything, and growing old shouldn't be that hard. That's the general drift.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.
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I'm not a Trump fan, to put it mildly, but I think there's a power to simplicity. When Trump was running, people knew exactly what he stood for and what he was going to do as President.
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We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
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Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
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Brussels' stance against Poland is not just... they should give more respect to the Poles.
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I don't find biology as interesting as politics and humanism. I talk more about existential stuff.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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As far as I'm concerned, attraction, in its most rudimentary form, comes from the way a person naturally smells. I'd say that within the first five seconds of 'inhaling' someone, I know if there's an attraction or not. This may sound animalistic - and it is.
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It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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I think the first thing I consider is whether I like the script. Once that is done, the next thing I look for is my part in the movie. Many a times you come across good offers, but the part they are offering might not be challenging. So, I don't take up that film.
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There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.
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My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there.
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Gentlemen prefer blondes.
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If I was just normally intelligent, I could probably get away with it - but I'm fiercely intelligent and that's threatening.
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
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I thought my mom's whole purpose was to be my mom. That's how she made me feel.
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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
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In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.
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Of course you keep telling yourself there's something to be learned from everything, and growing old shouldn't be that hard. That's the general drift.
