Jo Nesbo Quotes
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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What's great about stand-up is that you can say whatever you want and go around the country, and sometimes the world, and work on it and see how people react. You don't need Standards & Practices or notes from lawyers or producers to tell you what's funny.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
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I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create!
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The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
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I work out, I go to pilates, I walk and I eat everything I can get my hands on.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.
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I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
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I don't always have the best eating habits. I like butter and ice cream. There are days when I should work out and I don't. But it's never too late to change old habits.
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I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check – it forces me to work harder at what I'm interested in.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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I never think about the knockouts. I go into every fight, do my work, and none of that stuff puts pressure on me at all.
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Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind - because if you can't trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust?
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I'm an actor. I have to play weird characters, quirky characters, strange characters, sometimes characters I don't understand.
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Some defeats are only installments to victory.
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At 18, I finally came into a relationship with a record label. My family got back on its feet. I was happy.
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I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books.
