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If you do anything out of the ordinary, you can be sure someone, somewhere, will get upset.

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
Someone
Anything
Upset
Somewhere
Ordinary
Sure

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