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Since I'm a novelist I'm the opposite of you - I believe that what's most important is what cannot be measured. I'm not denying your way of thinking, but the greater part of people's lives consist of things that are unmeasurable, and trying to change all these to something measurable is realistically impossible.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
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