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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Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
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I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.
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I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.
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As for companies invested in the space - I think its important to distinguish between a good investment and a material climate change technology - you can have the first without the second, even in the "clean tech" space.
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I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.
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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.
