Henrik Ibsen Quotes
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
Quotes to Explore
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.
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Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I am writing a book more improbable than 'The Interrogative Mood' that I call 'Manifesto'. It's two guys talking who speak artificially conveniently.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.
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The concerns expressed in the draft recommendation are based on the wrong premise. The Commission's assessment and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines advises Ireland to seek to achieve economic stability. This is exactly what the Irish government has sought to do in the budget in a number of ways.
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I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.
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Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation.
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As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.
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Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was huge, a huge character, not only standing six feet four, but when you talked to him, he violated the normal human space between people. He was a great storyteller. The problem was that half his stories, I discovered, weren't true.
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Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
