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Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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