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.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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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.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
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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.
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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.
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I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.
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A moral point of view too often serves as a substitute for understanding in technological matters. (p. 245)
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me.
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The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing. One of my brightest audiences, incidentally, were the prisoners in a Philadelphia gaol - brighter than my students at university.
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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.
