Haruki Murakami Quotes

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

Haruki Murakami

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• I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Job
  • Food
  • Cool

• I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Love
  • Kids
  • Dad

• 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.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Good
  • Book
  • Worry

• I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.

  

  Karen Mills
  • Important
  • Women
  • Money

• People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Know
  • Person
  • Open

• I'm not graceful.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Graceful

• I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Childhood
  • Drama
  • Complete

• I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Kind
  • Myself
  • Give

• As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Light
  • Purpose
  • Darkness

• Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • American
  • Culture
  • Day

• Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Life
  • Man
  • Meaning

• It's not that I don't feel bad about it. It's just that I don't feel worse today than what I felt yesterday.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Bad
  • Today

• Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked 'What's the big idea?' knows, most big ideas are bad ones.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Bad

• When I was at AOL, I was always on the web media side while much of the company was focused on the ISP business. We focused on big categories like celebrities and sports, and we created brands around that category like AOL Celebrities, AOL Movies and Fanhouse.

  

  Jim Bankoff
  • Business
  • Sports

• An increase in the debt ceiling should be accompanied by fundamental policy reforms, substantial budget savings, and a strong enforcement mechanism to tie the hands of any future Congress.

  

  Jerome Powell
  • Future
  • Strong

• I think what we've found is that when you can use products with your friends and your family and the people you care about, they tend to be more engaging. I think that we're really going to see this huge shift where a lot of industry is and products are just going to be remade to be social.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg
  • People
  • Family
  • Friends

• Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.

  

  Edwin Louis Cole

• I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.

  

  James Carville
  • Party
  • Fighting

• Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Real
  • Job

• I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the kind people who maintain hope that they will live to see peace. My heart has ached for them, as they have endured pain and violence that make such hope feel out of reach.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• In 2016, one of the things I really hope to do is discover new talent and help develop it. Take what I've learned and what I can do and help amplify those voices.

  

  Tyler Oakley
  • Help
  • Hope

• You just hope, if you make things as I do, that they can make their way in the world and have some longevity.

  

  Edmund de Waal
  • Hope
  • Longevity

• Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Hope
  • Happiness
  • Depression