Jostein Gaarder Quotes
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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The Kapoor surname has legend, a passion for acting, respect and love attached to it. And I am very proud of that.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.
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I was actually deputy headboy at my school. And everyone around me was very supportive of what I wanted to do. There's no romantic story about how me and my brother got to where we are.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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I honestly never really watch the Emmys.
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A book is either autobiography or a novel.
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It had been suggested to her that the flaw lay not in the universe but in herself.
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What can be said for a man who would allow his home to be invaded by strangers who demanded they be fed, clothed, housed and granted the rights of the first-born? What can be said for a ruling elite that permits this to be done to the nation, and who celebrate it as a milestone of moral progress?
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Looking back today over the years, we may well be proud of the work which our fellow citizens have done in India. There have, of course, been mistakes, there have been failures, but we can assert that our rule in India will stand comparison with that of any other nation which has been charged with the ruling of a people so different from themselves.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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This is something you can never erase. It leaves a scar on you.
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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
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I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.
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This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates. It's a free market. It's free-wheeling. From the outside, it looks unpredictable. There's a circus-like free market.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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Nowadays, the media have to be there to keep you from asking too many questions, from getting together with other people who might want to do the Jeffersonian thing and call out the government.
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If I work on music, it'll be for 10 hours a day, so sometimes I'll feel stressed, and I'll go for a two-hour walk. That sorts me out.
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We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together.
