Jo Nesbo Quotes
Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.
Quotes to Explore
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government.
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
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I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress like Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction because I thought he was cool. You just want to be those guys when you're that age.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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All I want to do really is get married and be a matriarch.
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I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
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Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.
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It is the Germans who are responsible for the fact that I became a fabricator of arms. If not for them, I would have constructed agricultural machines.
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I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.
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No matter what, no matter how I feel, always bring effort.
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I got a call saying that George Lucas wanted to meet me. Of all the phone calls I've received - Oliver Stone wants to meet you; Spike Lee wants to meet you - that was the one call I never in a million years thought was going to happen.
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My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.
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Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.
