David Lagercrantz Quotes
Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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I tell myself every offseason I'm not going to say anything crazy. I'm just going to have a peaceful season... Can't do it. I'm cut from a different cloth.
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People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing I learned at boarding school was never to send my child to one.
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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I think women are by nature competitive - secretly, privately within their own selves, on lots of different levels, on the way they look, perform.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.
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My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right.
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I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was trying to emulate on the keys. I wanted to do it for real. And it makes me look at the keys in a different way. So it's like I'm looking at the guitar and bass more like meat and potatoes and keys like coloring over top of it, you know.
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Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.
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I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1982. I've had a front row view of the vital role private equity continues to play in building and keeping American businesses competitive in the global economy.
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Watching soccer is my main hobby, really. I'm no tactician or coach, but I enjoy watching the free flow of it, the different styles, and the histories behind clubs. Like Barcelona vs. Madrid - it's not just a soccer game; it's a geopolitical struggle. There are great storylines and no commercials.
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It comes down to personal style, and that's what's sexy and attractive in a man.
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That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
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Reflect upon your present blessings.
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Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.
