If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami
If you only read the books that everyone else is...
If you only read the books that everyone else is...
If you only read the books that everyone else is...
If you only read the books that everyone else is...
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In a world filled with distractions, it’s easy to get caught up in the crowd. To get ahead of the pack, you have to do things that others aren’t doing. If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Source: Norwegian Wood

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