Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.
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My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.
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I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics.
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It's tempting to just write a comic called 'Everyone Mail Randall Munroe Twenty Bucks' - maybe it would work, and I could just close down the 'xkcd' store and sit on a beach and draw pictures and make snarky Reddit posts for the rest of my life.
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We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.
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I love to eat cucumber sticks with yogurt. It's a great snack to have at home, especially when I'm having house guests.
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I don't need to publish to make a living.
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Music companies and buyers are not too encouraging towards independent musicians. Everyone wants to play safe and go with established names, but unless one breaks this routine, no new talent will come and survive.
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Frankly I'm not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I'm not great with that level of substance abuse.
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The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.
