Haruki Murakami Quotes
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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The two things that got everyone's attention about the 'House of Cards' deal was the two-season commitment and David Fincher. After David Fincher directs a series for Netflix, no one else can say, 'Well, I'm not going to direct a series for the Internet.'
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Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
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Life is short and progress is slow.
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A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.
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I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.
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You never really know baseball until you put on a pair of cleats and get out and play it; and if you play for five years, you still don't really know what it's about.
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She says she doesn’t know what to do! But he says coldly that he knows what he wants to do, but he can’t.
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In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happened, and then there are all the other places.
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There's no training for the business, no credentials necessary to enter... It's all about entrepreneurs, innate street intelligence, and instincts. It's a business which encourages people with dreams. That's the essence of Hollywood.
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I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
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I have no agenda at all. I just want to do stuff I like. It can cost $200 million or $200 thousand.
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I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.
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I had so much fun working with Akshay, especially in the action scenes.
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When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you? The two are so, so different. One is an infinite consciousness capable of being and creating whatever it chooses, the other is an illusion imprisoned by its own perceived and programmed limitations.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money.
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I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.
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Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.
