Haruki Murakami Quotes
Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.
Quotes to Explore
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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.
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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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What's wrong with Hell's Kitchen? You don't change a neighborhood by changing its name. You change it by building a school.
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Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.
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It's hard to complain when you say, 'We're gonna go to the clip where Helen Hunt and Will Ferrell are on 'Saturday Night Live' making fun of your song.'
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Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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A person who is shallow aspires to depth; one who is ugly aspires to beauty; one who is narrow aspires to breadth; one who is poor aspires to wealth; one who is humble aspires to esteem. Whatever one lacks in oneself he must seek outside.
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My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.
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I love New York City. I really do. I 'heart' New York.
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Goals give us purpose, which, in turn, motivates us to make ourselves the best version in all aspects of your life.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
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Your kids need your love and attention, and being able to devote myself to them is very fulfilling. As I get older, spending time with my daughters makes things much easier. You learn to put your ego aside.
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Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.
