Kjell Magne Bondevik Quotes
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
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When parents tell their children not to congregate on corners, especially in groups, out of fear for them encountering the police, what does that say? We have a trust problem.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Football is my true love. I played with boys until I was 11 and then for a girls' club in Middlesbrough until I was 16.
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I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.
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I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.
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A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.
