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Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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University Teacher
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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Plenty
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