Stieg Larsson (Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson) Quotes
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I love India.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.
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We have deep depth.
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Humans are the big thing that cause damage in life - in war or whatever - and if I can get away from that and into a wilderness situation, I'm OK. You can more or less live on your own merit.
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There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.
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Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.
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I believe Corot painted a tree better that any of us, but still I find him superior in his figures.
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You need a place to work that works for you, and you need people to understand that when you are writing, you are doing a rarefied type of brain surgery and therefore should not be subject to a million random interruptions.
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Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage.
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I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
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Any day that is designated to shower the person you love with love is my favorite holiday.
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From routine hospital visits and prescription drugs, to emergencies and hospice care, Medicare covers the full range of health services that our nation's seniors rely on every single day.
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You have to look at what 'Rumours' was, what drove the subject matter. You had two couples who were broken up or breaking up. And probably, you could say, success we had achieved was the catalyst for those breakups.
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The thing that I love about 'Scandal' is every character, it's not clear if they're good or bad. Everyone is both good and bad.
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Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
