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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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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Our aim is to establish El Cartel as not just another tequila but part of the club and party lifestyle. There are several songs where I mention the brand name, and a lot of these party songs go hand in hand with the concept of Cartel Tequila.
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Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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I'm a hotel baby, absolutely: it's hard to think of a hotel I haven't stayed in.
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He had been a tough, cheerful youngster, the sort who collected birds' eggs, scrapped with other boys and climbed the church tower on a dare, and now he was a tough cheerful young man who thought that being an officer in Lawford's regiment was just about the finest thing life could afford. He liked soldiering and he liked soldiers.
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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.
