Haruki Murakami Quotes
Is action merely the incidental product of thought, or is thought the consequential product of action?
Quotes to Explore
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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No one in my family wrote. And there was no real introduction. I suppose I somehow blundered into it when I was about six or seven years old. I was asked what present I would like, and, without knowing why, I responded that I would like a journal. It was a beautiful journal - so beautiful that I didn't want to sully it.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really didn't know if it had potential or not, if it was good or bad or what. I played it for my roommates - who I played ball with - one night, and I knew they would tell me the truth. They loved it, and that encouraged me.
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There are things I can accomplish in the studio via manipulation on the computer or some kind of effect that are nearly impossible to do live. On the flip side, there are some things that happen live that can't be pulled off in the studio.
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There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.
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We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.
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The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.
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I am not yet born; forgive meFor the sins that in me the world shall commit, my wordsWhen they speak me, my thoughts when they think me,My treason engendered by traitors beyond me,My life when they murder by means of myHands, my death when they live me.
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That's a different side of the brain going into the studio, as opposed to doing a live show, obviously.
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Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?
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Electroclash is good because it's stayed underground.
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Let us all be from somewhere.
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What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
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Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras.
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I hate technology and cellphones. I hate having to have one all of the time. I don't tweet or buzz or bing or whatever! It's a conscious thing - I hate the way that it can take over young people's lives.
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Is action merely the incidental product of thought, or is thought the consequential product of action?
