Ismail Kadare (Ismail Halit Kadare) Quotes
In our city spring came from the sky, not from the soil, which was ruled by stone that recognizes no seasonal change. The change of the season could be glimpsed in the thinning of clouds, the appearance of the birds and the occasional rainbow.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.
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To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
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If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist.
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I hate dentists. That's why my tooth fell out. I was in the middle of a root canal and wouldn't go back, so it just dropped out when I was in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
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For some reason, lots of terrible things start here and then spread. The Cold War was one. It didn't start in Berlin - it started in Athens in December 1944; the contagion in the eurozone started here in 2010. We are perfectly capable as Europeans of messing things up unnecessarily.
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I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it.
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I live in a mind melt of different situations, through my work and social life - I wouldn't have it any other way.
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On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
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I love the pleasure of finding the same truth in two different places. It has a lot to do with a soul.
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In our city spring came from the sky, not from the soil, which was ruled by stone that recognizes no seasonal change. The change of the season could be glimpsed in the thinning of clouds, the appearance of the birds and the occasional rainbow.
