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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#possible #pretty #same #successful #time

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#christianity #consists #explaining #fact #found

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#everything #gets #got #how #keeps

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#be different #because #different #everyone #famous

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fun #helps #i #me #need

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

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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

In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#conclusions #every #i #i think #japan

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#being busy #busy #consciousness #everyday #happiness

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#confused #indifference #misguided #moral #passion