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The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be veryuseful in the real world, that's for sure.

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
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Science Fiction Writer
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Murakami Haruki
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