#because

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#else #father #i #japanese #just

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#actual #because #decision #express #i

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#because #books #good #had #high

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#call #express #fiction #how #i

Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story was dark, or complicated, or strange. But while they were reading it, they were inside my world and they were happy. That's good. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#books #complicated #dark #feel #finish

As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#because #chose #creative #economically #feel

I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#clap #even #fox #fox news #get

Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling it to you today. Because the time is different. The film is the work of today's audience. ↗

— Dennis Muren

#audience #because #different #differently #fifty

I was the first in my peer group to get pregnant. All I craved was reassurance. I needed someone to tell me that all the seemingly random symptoms I had - weird things, such as excess saliva - were normal. And I was worried because I wasn't getting any morning sickness. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#because #craved #excess #first #get

I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#again #because #did #great #i