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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I've always been a fan of Coldplay.
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I think you have a crossover when you are known to a wider audience and a different market. I've been able to sell out stadiums all over the world by doing my music. I'm lucky to be in that list without having done an official crossover. Now, will you hear me doing a little bit of R&B? Sure.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.
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After the oil spill, I had this strong feeling that if I ever were to be blessed in having children, I never wanted my kids to see me pumping gas at a gas station. I think it's our responsibility to make the changes that we need to take regardless of convenience.
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Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.
