I think certain types of processes don’t allow for any variation. If y…

Haruki Murakami
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I think certain types of processes don’t allow for any variation. If you have to be part of that process, all you can do is transform—or perhaps distort—yourself through that persistent repetition, and make that process a part of your own personality.
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