Haruki Murakami Quotes
Inside him, twenty years dissolved and mixed into one complex, swirling whole. Everything that had accumulated over the years-- all he had seen, all the words he has spoken, all the values he had held-- all of it coalesced into one solid, thick pillar in his heart, the core of which was spinning like a potter's wheel. Wordlessly, Tengo observed the scene, as if watching the destruction and rebirth of a planet.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.
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I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
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We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
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That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.
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People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.
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I am not gay. I never have been gay.
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A desert's a stupid place to put a river.
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Joy is the best makeup.
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In response to a question about what 'keeps her up at night', I worry about the fact that in K-12 education I can look at your zip code and tell whether or not you're going to get a good education.
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We were so busy that we didn't have time to think about how terrible it was or - in fact it felt strangely natural.
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Just Cause: Learn not to contradict your father in anything; nor by calling him Iapetus, to reproach him with the ills of age, by which you were reared in your infancy. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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I have this idea that you can use glamour and still have it represent something that matters.
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It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.
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There were lots of little boys having their bar mitzvahs all over the world, and they sent me tapes of some of them that they interviewed, probably six or seven little boys, and there was something about Mendel. I just loved his little face. I loved the energy of Mendel.
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I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
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It's not even close. I can't get that many words in that quickly.
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Inside him, twenty years dissolved and mixed into one complex, swirling whole. Everything that had accumulated over the years-- all he had seen, all the words he has spoken, all the values he had held-- all of it coalesced into one solid, thick pillar in his heart, the core of which was spinning like a potter's wheel. Wordlessly, Tengo observed the scene, as if watching the destruction and rebirth of a planet.
