Eyvind Kang Quotes
I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn't have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed – the language, the country – but it is up to me to adapt.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
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I live between Barcelona and Berlin. Staying in Spain over the winter and Berlin for spring and summer is an ideal combination.
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I haven't got a car or a house. I've got a wife, but I didn't pay for her! I spend all my money on my glorious wife. She's here with a knife at my throat!
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I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.
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I am so 100 percent Swedish... Someone has said a Swede is like a bottle of ketchup - nothing and nothing and then all at once - splat. I think I'm a little like that. And I think I'm Swedish because I like to live here on this island. You can't imagine the loneliness and isolation in this country. In that way, I'm very Swedish - I don't dislike to be alone
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You don't have to be blond or blue eyes or taller or smaller...just have to be who you need to be, and that's help people become who they are.
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I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.
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Lots of people ask me for advice as if I somehow have found some easy way to create a solution to a problem, and there's no such thing.
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I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!
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Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
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If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.
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I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest.
