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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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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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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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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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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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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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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I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
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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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The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostracized. Call it 'seizure disorder,' not epilepsy, because fewer people would be frightened. Try to choose a profession as free from stress as possible.
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If you're deluded, you live in a place where there isn't everyone else's reality.
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Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
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I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.
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I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.
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Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.
