Jostein Gaarder Quotes
The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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I have a wonderful piano that I really love: a handmade Yamaha grand. Sometimes I'm sitting there, and it sounds so good that I find some little melody or a phrase that leads me into a song, but probably more often than not, I actually grab a notebook.
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The people who are the most successful in life are not stopped by fear.
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I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.
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Nature hates calculators.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
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I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.
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It would be nice to not have to prove myself and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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I am quite handy; not to sound bragadocious, but I've been working with wood and building things my entire life. I used to be a skateboarder and built ramps with my father. Then, the first two years I lived in Los Angeles, I worked as a carpenter building sets.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own plane, plenty of cash, even job security - whether kings, sheiks or presidents, with or without elections, most serve for life.
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I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?
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If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of the anointed often see these constraints as only arbitrary impositions, things from which they-and we all-can be 'liberated.' The social disintegration which has followed in the wake of such liberation has seldom provoked any serious reconsideration of the whole set of assumptions-the vision-which led to such disasters. That vision is too well insulated from feedback.
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The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.
