Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which was someone who just used to sit quietly at a piano and sing and play. It became very important to me not to lose sight of that.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.
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This volume was written for children. Miss Landon set out its purpose in the preface.
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I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really care what's going on elsewhere... we've never wanted to be part of another trend or movement.
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Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.
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I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.
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Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.
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I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.
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I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion, and I love vintage.
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Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.
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You wouldn't go to a hospital, you wouldn't go to a law firm where the doctors and lawyers were not retained on merit: where they all had tenure regardless of competence. Parents feel the same way about schools that they send their children to.
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I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had ups and downs with my health that often tested me as it does many people. I've never hidden the fact that my health was sometimes not on my side, but I've never let it define me or deter me from my dreams.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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Good-quality travel and good-quality food are the two luxuries that I never have any guilt indulging in.
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No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
