Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes
Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.
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All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well.
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There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.
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If you play well, win, don't change too much. But when you don't play well, lose, you have to give the opportunity to the other players.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
