Bent Sæther Quotes
I think this insatiable need to get to know new music is a big part of why it has lasted so long.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
-
My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
-
I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
-
I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
-
Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn't come close to some of the players I saw.
-
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
-
I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.
-
People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
-
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
-
I am so 100 percent Swedish... Someone has said a Swede is like a bottle of ketchup - nothing and nothing and then all at once - splat. I think I'm a little like that. And I think I'm Swedish because I like to live here on this island. You can't imagine the loneliness and isolation in this country. In that way, I'm very Swedish - I don't dislike to be alone
-
For the first time I understood the haunting beauty of the song. It was the song of a killer who longed to die. It was the song of justice yearned for but not yet done.
-
I am just happy that I have children. I don't care what they want to do!
-
Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.
-
I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.
-
Lots of people ask me for advice as if I somehow have found some easy way to create a solution to a problem, and there's no such thing.
-
I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.
-
Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done.
-
Having women who are already successful take the leap of faith to help younger women is critical.
-
Self-preservation is the first responsibility.
-
I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.
-
It's our responsibility for the village to say, 'Hey we're going to create these programs,' whether it's sports, creative arts, music, we need some things to give young people positive things to do, and that's including jobs.
-
There is no evidence of any kind except that is directed toward Oswald.
-
I think this insatiable need to get to know new music is a big part of why it has lasted so long.
