Hakan Nesser Quotes
I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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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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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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I think I'm a very intuitive actress.
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I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
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I'm real excited by a phone where I can look at my kid and talk to her face.
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Obviously, there is a high standard here of getting into the playoffs and having a chance at the ultimate goal, and that is the Super Bowl.
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I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
