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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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 was very clear why we put these companies together and what our goals were. It was really to allow both Sears and Kmart to compete in what I thought was going to be a more challenging but evolving industry.
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Even as a small child I never felt that I should have to compete with anyone - even my older brother.
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One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth. … I have always believed that Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God the small group scattered all through time of intellectually and ethically valuable people.
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What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.
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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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One of the major things I really want to work on now is female rage because that's not dealt with at all - and I have a lot of it.
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A friend married is a friend lost.
