Maj Sjowall Quotes
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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My biggest hobby is airsoft, which is similar to paintball. Essentially, it's military simulation, but the guns shoot plastic BBs. My friends and I go out in the woods or the desert and play all day long!
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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The squandering of oil and gas is associated with one of the greatest tragedies, not in the least resolved, which is suffered by humankind: climate change.
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I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.
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Uplift, your mind is a gift.
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Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
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I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.
