Haruki Murakami Quotes
Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.
Quotes to Explore
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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'The Fever' is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in theaters, because the character in the play says certain things that I meant.
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Care and pity are two different things.
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The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
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I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority.
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I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.
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We have little bags we pack specifically for touch-up makeup if you're chosen for the top 16. I knew I had to sneak in my banana because nothing calms my nerves like it! I don't know if it's the potassium, but I need it before I get on stage because it always calms me down.
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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
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I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.
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A child's spirit is like a child, you cannot catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.
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Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean; the world has grown grey from thy breath;We have drunken of things Lethean, and fed on the fullness of death.
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This rule I propose, Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at Having an ace some place private. Always have an ace in the hole.
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I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it.
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When we do our legislation, we're not trying to figure out, 'How can I use this to run against you?' We say, 'How can we pass this bill to help both of our constituents?'
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I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.
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If I've got a confidence problem, it's that my self-esteem is entirely too high.
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When I first heard Kraftwerk, I thought they were an American band singing in German.
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Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.
