Astrid Lindgren Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of the law, have come to overload and pervert it, as commentators on the text of Holy Scripture have established doctrines wholly at variance with its true spirit.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.
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The anglophones are Quebecers, as are the French, as are the new Quebecers.
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A key ingredient to achieving your goals is to make sure your goals are totally congruent with who you are as a person. Your head and hearts desire must match. It's such an important step in goal achievement and if we miss it, we can end up travelling a long way down the wrong path!
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It's a blessing to have people to support you from across the world.
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But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?
