Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes
I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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I was very excited to work with Nick Jarecki and, of course, to be in a film with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon!
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I wish everybody was as nice as I am.
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People think that I have some idea about how I choose my films. I make sure that I am doing the kind of films that I want to watch. You hear so many stories, and one of them will stand out and connect to you somewhere.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?
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I believe it is our attitude that determines our altitude. It is our attitude that allows us to soar above those things that would otherwise overcome us.
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I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.
