Karl Ove Knausgard Quotes
When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process of writing. It's the same thing with reading - you lose yourself when you read as well. When I was younger I used literature that way, it was just escapism, a tool to run away from things.Karl Ove Knausgard
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I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
S. Truett Cathy -
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Immanuel Kant -
I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
Jackson Rathbone -
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
Tavi Gevinson -
Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
Pam Ferris
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
Sam Shepard -
I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
Mal Peet -
I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
M. Night Shyamalan -
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
Carl Jung -
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford -
With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
Rafael Palmeiro
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I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight.
Hans Vestberg -
I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
Tamra Davis -
Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
Vance McAllister -
There's no regrets for me.
Adam Lambert -
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
Hank Azaria -
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra
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American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids.
Eileen Ford -
Don't trust, just verify.
Steven Levitt -
No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the future
Umar -
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I'm always afraid that I'm being unprofessional, yet I continue to sign all my e-mails 'xoxo.'
Lena Dunham -
When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process of writing. It's the same thing with reading - you lose yourself when you read as well. When I was younger I used literature that way, it was just escapism, a tool to run away from things.
Karl Ove Knausgard