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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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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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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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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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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Life doesn't stop with football.
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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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Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.
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Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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If you think of someone enough, you’re sure to meet them again.
