Karl Ove Knausgard Quotes
Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a strong sense of shame you also have a strong desire to overcome it. And that's when you can write.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.
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No art ever came out of not risking your neck.
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Coaches coach guys on the field. I get to spend time with practice squad receivers and tight ends or a young center who's always inactive on Sundays... I feel really good about having an impact on those guys and their careers.
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I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.
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Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a strong sense of shame you also have a strong desire to overcome it. And that's when you can write.
