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.
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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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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book 'The Emigrants'.
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Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself.
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The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest.
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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.
