Henrik Ibsen Quotes
There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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God invented love, and it is therefore perfect, and dogs are better at celebrating this perfection than we are. When in doubt as to how we should feel, we could do far worse than trying to live life like the dogs.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.
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I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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Never think negatively, for the negative thinker does a very dangerous thing. He pumps out negative thoughts into the world around him and thus activates the world negatively.
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
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There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
