Jo Nesbo Quotes
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.
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I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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I treat the camera like a person - I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.
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Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.
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I had a spectacular four years as OpenTable CEO and remain an active executive chairman. I think, for me, some of the interesting observations there are, you know, global is important, mobile is extremely important. And then, network businesses are very attractive.
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I can enjoy myself and express myself in the ring.
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What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and so many other people from being able to access the things that we need and deserve?
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Guns are always the best method for a private suicide. They are more stylish looking than single-edged razor blades and natural gas has got so expensive. Drugs are too chancy. You might miscalculate the dosage and just have a good time.
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I feel more related to some American crime writers than I do to Stieg Larsson.
