Jens Lekman Quotes
I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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I love to push myself.
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Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.
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Let us not be carried away by the undisguised agitations of leaders who virtually asked people to take the law into their own hands.
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It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
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People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.
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One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
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A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems.
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When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.
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I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.
