Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes
My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to or accept without exploring every other available option.
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I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.
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My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.
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Nobody's seen all my work. No one. No one in the world has seen all my movies. Some things just never came out... some things may still come out.
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My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.
