Haruki Murakami Quotes

In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.

Haruki Murakami

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• I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.

  

  Val McDermid
  • World
  • Writing
  • Think

• You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • People
  • World
  • Thinking

• My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.

  

  Wendelin Van Draanen
  • Hope
  • Belief
  • Mission

• Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • People
  • Need
  • Euthanasia

• People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • People
  • Want
  • Know

• I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • American
  • Artist
  • Jazz

• They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

  

  Malcolm Cowley
  • Mind
  • Lose
  • Grow

• It is, like the Mona Lisa, one of those masterpieces with which you will be outstandingly familiar long before you ever get to see it...it does not disappoint. It does not disappoint the first time you see it, nor the third time, nor even the 30th time...

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • Time
  • Long

• I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.

  

  Edward Heath

• I know my dad's proud that I've done it on my own, and I'm happy with that.

  

  Duncan Jones
  • Done
  • Happy
  • Dad

• We have a community where almost 50 percent of the people in the city of Cleveland alone have some type of record. I represent one of the poorest districts in America - out of 435, I'm 422.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • People
  • America
  • Community

• When I entered Bollywood, I didn't have any advantage over anyone. I didn't know how to act, I was not from the industry, I didn't know the language, and I didn't know how to dance. So, whatever films I was getting, I was just taking them up.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Up
  • Dance

• There is no law that says a campaign cannot accept information from a foreign government.

  

  Jeanine Pirro
  • Law

• I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.

  

  Chris Pine
  • World
  • Believe
  • Energy

• The first time I read something, I have this special feeling of being fully engaged with it. It's fresh to the audience because it's fresh to me. It's a little mystical, but I really believe that.

  

  Peter Coyote
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Feeling

• I look forward to Pond's products to deliver better skincare for girls everywhere.

  

  Amy Jackson

• I know, being the odd one out can feel brutal. But, rest assured, it's also wonderful - because your desire to do things differently isn't 'uncool.' In fact, it's the exact opposite.

  

  Kathryn Minshew
  • Desire
  • Rest

• It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here.

  

  Dick Van Patten

• I have had really positive experiences in every medium, as well as horrible experiences in every medium.

  

  Jimmi Simpson
  • Positive

• My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got.

  

  Eliza Doolittle
  • Important
  • Free
  • Focus

• Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.

  

  John Joseph Lydon

• For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

  

  Miguel de Cervantes
  • Learning
  • Stomach
  • Inconvenience

• In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Learning
  • Pain
  • Essential