Erlend Loe Quotes
...the total number of galaxies in the universe seems to be in the region of ten billion, and that each of them has about a hundred billion stars the size of the sun. These numbers are so absurd that I strangely find myself in a good mood. It's all so immense. I think Paul feels a bit like this as well. There is so little I can do to make a difference. It is liberating.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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The thing about Bollywood is that you can't just quit it even if you have little fame. You have to stick around and keep trying.
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I like heels and make-up.
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I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
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Whether you accept Rādhā and Krishna, or not, please do accept their attraction for each other. Try to create that same yearning in your heart for God. Yearning is all you need in order to realize Him.
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ἐν παντὶ πράγει δ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆςκάκιον οὐδέν
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I'd always listened to my parents' Bee Gees albums.
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I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease.
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I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.
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I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.
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Let's admit it; the only use for complaining is to make people laugh.
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I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.
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I always try to be cautiously optimistic.
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I had an upbringing to respect other people's privacy and their right to be and choose what they want, and I expect - no, demand - no less for myself.
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I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.
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Puberty was the most horrifying time of my life.
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I'm addicted to prescription glasses.
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By willing endurance we cause suffering to pass. Evil becomes a spent force when we put up no resistance. By refusing to pay back the enemy with his own coin, and preferring to suffer without resistance, the Christian exhibits the sinfulness of contumely and insult. Violence stands condemned by its failure to evoke counter-violence.
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(I feel) a lot better, a lot better I got a really good corky right in the middle of my quad and staying up all Friday night and Saturday has definitely made it better.
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The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed.
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The truest friends are usually the ones telling you what you don't want to hear.
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Look how Bill Cohen and George Mitchell worked together. It's the stuff of legends. And now it's the stuff of almost ancient history, regrettably, but the way those two really worked together.
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Without love we fall ill.
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...the total number of galaxies in the universe seems to be in the region of ten billion, and that each of them has about a hundred billion stars the size of the sun. These numbers are so absurd that I strangely find myself in a good mood. It's all so immense. I think Paul feels a bit like this as well. There is so little I can do to make a difference. It is liberating.
