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This quotation examines the core nature of Success as articulated by Haruki Murakami. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Success provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.

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"You can hide memories, but you can't erase the history that produced them."

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"Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside."

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"Every person has their own unique way of being lonely."

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"Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back."

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"I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin."

— Cameron van der Burgh
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"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

— Bette Davis
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"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."

— Richard Bach
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"The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own."

— Michael Korda
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