Bin Ramke Quotes
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.
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When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.
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I grew up in the upper class, for sure. My family was kind of about that whole parties-and-horse racing thing. I can understand it's fun for some. I never enjoyed it.
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When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion.
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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With 'Utopia,' definitely it's more the idea of trying to put across a message rather than just entertaining the audience. It's entertaining as well, but there's also a lot of other things that are going on.
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I firmly believe that what makes you sexy & beautiful is not the size of your body or the color lipstick you have on. What really makes you sexy is what you project - your confidence & your self-awareness.
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Cleveland fans are awesome.
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I would totally love to do theater.
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I love what I do: there is no pressure. The music doesn't like pressure.
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The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.
