Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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There's no business like show business.
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The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear 'The Stranger.' 'You May Be Right' may be one of the greatest songs ever written.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I think all these pop cultural media often reflect conversations we're having in the real world at that moment in time. I think one of the big conversations we're having as a culture is we thought we'd solved sexism and racism, and we're realizing more and more that we haven't.
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When you're in a rehearsal room, it's like getting into a car and going on a long journey with everyone's stuff in the back. If you keep stopping the car and going, 'Are you sure we want to go?' and think, 'This is really daunting,' you will get frightened, so you just have to keep ploughing through it.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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I admit there’s an element of brutality in all my work - it’s part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I’m trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people’s pain and humiliation.
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If you think of someone enough, you’re sure to meet them again.
