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Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
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Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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