Haruki Murakami Quotes
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
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I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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In some ways, the best novel about terrorism, though it's not a novel, is 'The Looming Tower' by Lawrence Wright or 'Perfect Soldiers' by Terry McDermott.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
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With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny.
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For those of you who tried, but didn't make it, Settle down - it's never what you think. The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink.
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Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.
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I live in the faith that there is a Presence and Power greater than I am that nurtures and supports me in ways I could not even imagine. I know that this Presence is All knowing and All Power and is Always right where I am.
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I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.
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Understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings.
