Carl I. Hagen (Carl Ivar Hagen) Quotes
The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.
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Adia I do believe I failed you.Adia I know I let you down.Don't you know I tried so hardTo love you in my way.It's easy let it go...Adia I'm empty since you left me.Trying to find a way to carry on.I search myself and everyoneTo see where we went wrong.
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Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.
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I think that it's really important to step back and to take breaks as a digital creator because every other kind of platform is kind of set up to have seasons or time off or at least a barrier between creator and consumer. You have these set-up boundaries.
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After we finished 'Toy Story 2,' we talked about going right into making 'Toy Story 3,' because we had an idea that we thought had some promise. But there were a bunch of boring contractual problems going on between Disney and Pixar at the time that kept us from making the movie.
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Phase contrast was not discovered while working with a microscope, but in a different part of optics.
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I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.
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Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it's very disposable.
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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
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I need my time to be lonely.
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Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.
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The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.
