Jostein Gaarder Quotes
And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
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I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
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I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.
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I can't give a decent toast to save my life.
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You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.
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I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking.
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I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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Big will always be a part of my life. But I'm still on this Earth, so I have to live my life for now and the future.
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You can ask anyone who knows me, I've never said a racist or prejudiced thing in my life.
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I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.
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The Safari Club International has worked the legal system hard to try to keep polar bears - threatened primarily by climate change, but also by hunting - on the list of creatures people can import as trophies after shooting.
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To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.
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I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.
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I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a lot of contemporary stuff.
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And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.
