Jostein Gaarder Quotes
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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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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Of all the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our generation - is that we understand how to turn the armed struggle into a Revolution; that we realized that it was essential to create a new mentality to build a new society.
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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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I'm anti-cheese in a salad.
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I speak the language of television.
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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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When I returned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, my father was running a forging business with a turnover of Rs 3.5 crore. But I had no patience and wanted to grow the business via exports.
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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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I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.
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People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how you feel about yourself, take a look at your environment.
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
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Until having kids, I had never really thought about mortality so much.
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Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.
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We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together.
