Linn Ullmann Quotes
I began writing 'The Cold Song' in the months following my father's death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: 'What now? How to proceed?'
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.
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The hard-core Left loves ridiculing Christians who believe scripture that says, 'God created the heaven and the earth.' They say that it's anti-science to believe that an almighty God would do such a thing.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Eating-wise, I'm fairly disciplined. I have to be, because if you're not eating correctly, you're not giving your body the fuel it needs. So, I stay away from carbs after the morning, and I eat a lot of protein - fish, chicken, and no red meat.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
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Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into teams... but thereby makes us go blind to objective reality.
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It isn't that black people are protected in America by the left; it's that black liberals are protected just as female liberals are protected, not conservatives.
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It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.
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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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It's so important just to be true to yourself and to own your own character and take responsibility for it, and speak up and say, This isn't right; this isn't me.' It's a great lesson, not just in wrestling but in life. If you're not feeling something that's true to your heart... everybody's gotta be true.
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I began writing 'The Cold Song' in the months following my father's death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: 'What now? How to proceed?'
