Haruki Murakami Quotes

My father belongs to the generation that fought the war in the 1940s. When I was a kid my father told me stories - not so many, but it meant a lot to me. I wanted to know what happened then, to my father's generation. It's a kind of inheritance, the memory of it.

Haruki Murakami

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: January 12, 1949

Topics

FatherWarMemoryMeGenerationKid

When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need to do. And that's why it's so important to get this economy moving, to get jobs created. We can't keep going on with this anemic recovery.

Jim Talent

GrowthKeep GoingJobMovingWhy

I think laptops should be banned from schools. Until you can prove you can add up on your fingers or think independently in your head, you have learnt nothing.

Joanna Lumley

ThinkYouNothingProveHeadUp

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

Matthew Vaughn

PhilosophyHardRightEveryoneMay

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Angelina Jolie

LifeChallengesControlTakeUs

There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you.

Jeffrey Tambor

CharacterYouActingWonderfulStuck

Sometimes, I seem to be only able to actually move and get going with things on the razor edge of possibly still managing whatever it is I'm supposed to do. I think, secretly, I might even get a buzz out of it. Maybe I crave the adrenalin like some sort of crazy gambler high on risking everything on the turn of a card.

Steven Hall

CrazyThinkEdgeSometimesOutHigh

When I went out and did what I did in the world of professional wrestling as Stone Cold Steve Austin, pretty much anything and everything thing I said was ad lib, on the spot, just let it fly and go for it.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

FlyWorldColdStoneProfessional

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

Tom Vilsack

OpportunityPeopleBelieveGrowYou

I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

Robert Crumb

LifePeopleMeDrawingYoungShy

I know how to deal with pressure.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

PressureKnowDealHow

People want to rap about having a good time.

Juicy J

GoodTimePeopleHaving A Good Time

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later.

Douglas Preston

WorkHard WorkHomeJobValueFirst

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