Erlend Loe Quotes
I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car. Why shouldn't I want that? Everybody does. And when I have it, I want it all to work.
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.
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About 13-14 years ago, I went back to my alma mater, Fairfax High School, and ran into the music teacher. She invited me to come speak to the kids about the viability of a music career. When I went into the room where I used to play every day in a big orchestra, they had nothing!
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.
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When you're an entertainer, it's hard not to compare yourself with the next person's success. But you have to trust your own journey and your strengths and believe in yourself. I think that's the best place to start.
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There will be times when you just can't seem to land an acting job, and you feel like giving up. Don't! The only way to realise that dream is to keep working hard for it.
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I love being an actor, and that's really the bottom line - in any medium, in any genre - and I want to do it.
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I cannot tell you how many times I have seen the original 'Steel Magnolias' with Dolly Parton and Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
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I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.
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Because of technologies from space exploration, we can begin to understand our world's origins, and our lives are improving. These are the reasons why dedicating a life to the sciences and space exploration is so meaningful and rewarding.
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Of course I would like to play with Cristiano Ronaldo - he is a great player.
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People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a corner by a whole series of contingencies.
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You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave the IRA?'
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I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.
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It is dangerous when you start calling people from one part of the world terrorists or fanatic, and you reduce them to some abstract notion. If evil has a geographical place, and if the evil has a name, that is the beginning of fascism. Real life is not this way. You have fanatics and narrow-minded people everywhere.
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What makes me feel good is that after all these years, the ideas that Joe Perry came up with worked and all the kids loved it.
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These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.
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VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.
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I'm a comedy snob, and I never want anything that I do to get old.
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Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.
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I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car. Why shouldn't I want that? Everybody does. And when I have it, I want it all to work.
