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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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 not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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But I think we're also just talking about the literacy of the audience. The visual literacy of the audience. They've seen so many images now, especially here in the States. There's so much to look at, to watch. So the visual storytelling literacy is harder to impress.
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I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me, I've always found it to be a much more informative question to ask somebody what they read.
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It is important that the Iraqi people have confidence in the election results and that the voting process, including the process for vote counting, is free and fair.
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When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.
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I never say someone is powerful.
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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.
