Jo Nesbo Quotes
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.
Jo Nesbo
Quotes to Explore
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Edmund Burke
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When I got pregnant with my first child, I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: 'I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant.' That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.
Sally Phillips
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As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
Ian Anderson
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
Tabatha Coffey
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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
Washington Irving
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What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.
Patrick Kavanagh
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
Hamza Yusuf
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
Orison Swett Marden
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Kate Forsyth
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
Kate Winslet
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At first, I did have that thought, like, 'Oh crap, what are we going to do after?' Then I realized 'Girl in a Country Song' was an honest, truthful song, and we were telling our truth, and that's all we have to do - write songs that are true and tell our stories.
Madison Marlow
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
Laura Mvula
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I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I'd have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.
Adam Faith
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16. Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.
Ramana Maharshi
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That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.
Ida Lupino
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Any child may go through periods during which they become less outspoken with their parents or teachers. But girls, like boys, live in many different worlds - they have their friends and their classroom and their parents - and within these different domains, they may have different levels of expressiveness.
Christina Hoff Sommers
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Nothing improves your writing, I think, as much as your keeping writing.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.
Jo Nesbo
