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I generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what I’m writing. I don’t see anything else, I don’t think about anything else.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
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