Karl Ove Knausgard Quotes
I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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I like a fresh face. I like clean skin. Fresh skin, cute color on the lip, cat eye, mascara, and I'm good to go!
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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Old Etonians are the most charming people in the world. It's not just the analytic ability and the great education; there is a really easy confidence to them that draws people to them and makes their passage though the world a little easier.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.
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As a child, I'd help my mum cook, and it was ridiculous - she had the correct gadget or utensil for everything. 'Stop! Don't use that, I have exactly the right utensil.' After I left home, I survived on cup-a-meals and never saw myself as being like her. Now I've become her.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U.K. which I love.
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I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations.
