Haruki Murakami Quotes
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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Time stays, we go.
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It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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The way we remember people, even their beauty is all so subjective and a matter of perspective.
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I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
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People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!
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My favorite was always whichever sport was in season. I think these days it's almost saddening to see kids who are 10 or 11 and are forced to choose one sport and specialize in that sport and play that sport year-round. By playing different sports... you become a better all-around athlete.
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There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith.
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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in infering that he is an inexact man.
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I am a Florida guy. I don't do cold.
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I know that what I see in every religious person is not something I want to teach my kids.
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In any given moment, a man's growth is optimized if he leans just beyond his edge, his capacity, his fear. He should not be too lazy, happily stagnating in the zone of security and comfort. Nor should he push far beyond his edge, stressing himself unnecessarily, unable to metabolize his experience. He should lean just slightly beyond the edge of fear and discomfort. Constantly. In everything he does.
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My wife Amber and I, along with our two children, did not move to Liberia for the specific purpose of fighting Ebola.
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All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.
