Haruki Murakami Quotes
A poet might die at twenty-one, a revolutionary or a rock star at twenty four. But after that you assume everything’s going to be all right. you’ve made it past Dead Man’s Curve and you’re out of the tunnel, cruising straight for your destination down a six lane highway whether you want it or not.
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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Los Angeles can be a really sad city.
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
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Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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There's a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.
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We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom.
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Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!
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Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.
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In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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A poet might die at twenty-one, a revolutionary or a rock star at twenty four. But after that you assume everything’s going to be all right. you’ve made it past Dead Man’s Curve and you’re out of the tunnel, cruising straight for your destination down a six lane highway whether you want it or not.
