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Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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Things
Life
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Agreeing
Disagree
Letting

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