David Lagercrantz Quotes
We had all these famous writers in Sweden and from all over the world home at dinner. I wanted to be a writer, and I wanted to be a highbrow writer as my father. He never, ever read anything like crime novels. He wrote biographies of Dante, James Joyce, August Strindberg and Joseph Conrad.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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I want to fit everything I love in my daily routine.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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We had all these famous writers in Sweden and from all over the world home at dinner. I wanted to be a writer, and I wanted to be a highbrow writer as my father. He never, ever read anything like crime novels. He wrote biographies of Dante, James Joyce, August Strindberg and Joseph Conrad.
