Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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What we need to do is run our business. We need to come up with a value prop that is so compelling that customers have to go for it.
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Walt Disney grew up in Marceline, but almost every child has grown up with his beloved characters.
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I don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.
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I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.
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Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger-according to the way you react to it.
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‘You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.’
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For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is the legislator who has wisdom and practical talent enough to avail himself of the light which it sheds on the science of legislation?
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Like a human being, each word has a story. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today and how it has changed along the way.
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The rottenness comes from within.
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I have written symphonic poems and chamber music. It is my way of personal expression.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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Winning is never enough, and I've got to try and do it as much as I can before my time is over.
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No married woman ever trusts her husband absolutely, nor does she ever act as if she did trust him. Her utmost confidence is as wary as an American pickpocket's confidence that the policeman on the beat will stay bought.
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It may be irrational, but if you're local, the client often feels that, if worse comes to worst, they can knock on your door. They 'know where you live.' But when you're remote, they're going to be more suspicious when phone calls go unreturned or emails keep getting 'lost.' Stay on top of communications, and you'll reap the benefits.
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The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
