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Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
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Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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