Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes
When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll go from Beethoven to Sigur Ros; world music, Brit-pop, classic rock, blues/jazz, even the odd bit of heavy metal.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
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Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
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Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose.
