Haruki Murakami Quotes
Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man?
Quotes to Explore
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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Religion has convinced us that there's something else entirely other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces.
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'Those who created yesterday’s pain cannot control tomorrow’s potential.'
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'Free competition enforced by law' is a grotesque contradiction in terms.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I try to have a lot of influences, which is to say not to have one specific influence too strongly; that can end up badly.
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If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a huge amount. It's show time every day, it's a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a rock-and-roll band.
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I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.
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My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show.
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Opportunities present themselves to me. That's how my whole life has been pretty much. I've been lucky.
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The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.
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I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.
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I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the people who have done wrong by me.
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Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises
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Wales is blessed with some truly magnificent castles, full of history and a must see for visitors.
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Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man?
