Halldor Laxness Quotes
The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.
Halldor Laxness
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
Candice Swanepoel
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
W. Clement Stone
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
A. J. Liebling
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
Laura Vandervoort
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
Laura Carmichael
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I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.
Hank Stram
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He began with an exordium, containing an apology for his resignation of the office of Advocate-General in the Court of Admiralty; and for his appearance in that cause, in opposition to the Crown, and in favor of the town of Boston, and the merchants of Boston and Salem.
John Adams
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The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.
Benjamin Whichcote
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I have for a long time loved fabulist, imaginative fiction, such as the writing of Italo Calvino, Jose Saramago, Michael Bulgakov, and Salman Rushdie. I also like the magic realist writers, such as Borges and Marquez, and feel that interesting truths can be learned about our world by exploring highly distorted worlds.
Alan Lightman
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There is a mental edge that comes with the injections, and it's definitely something that gets you more intense.
Ken Caminiti
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Dreams can range from the meaningless to the prophetic.
Brandon Mull
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The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.
Halldor Laxness