Jo Nesbo Quotes

When you go visiting countries, you start reading the history of the place and you start getting into the culture, and then you have to leave. In my experience, all countries have hidden treasures.

Jo Nesbo

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HistoryCultureExperienceStartYou

I don't have an M.B.A. I have a doctoral degree in philosophy - nineteenth-century German philosophy, to be precise.

Matthew Stewart

PhilosophyDegreePreciseGerman

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

Ann Curry

PowerPeopleMeSocietyVoiceThink

I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading.

Amy Poehler

LoveWomenDayMindMePassionate

I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.

Amanda de Cadenet

HomeChildrenCityWhitePut

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

Sophia Loren

WomanPurposeDressViewFenceLike

I think prayerful meditation, being still in a space, being still with God, I don't do that enough. It's crazy, because when I do do it, I always walk away from it going, 'Why the hell am I not doing that more?'

Tony Hale

GodWalkSpaceCrazyThinkHell

I consider 'White Collar' my home base. I'm so lucky to get to play a character that's very multifaceted and the writers take risks on and never get into a staid process with.

Matt Bomer

HomeCharacterRisksProcessPlay

I love all the 'Twilight' characters. I can watch Kristen Stewart and think, 'I want to be that role someday.'

Mary Mouser

LoveThinkI CanWantTwilightRole

You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

Mitch Albom

OceanWaveYouPart

My job is to hire the best and brightest employees and empower them to do their best work. As a manager, I am not a mind reader nor an expert at every job function. Therefore, it is incumbent on all hires to feel empowered to tell me what resources they need to do their job.

Jay Samit

WorkBestJobI AmMindMe

The word 'sister' evokes an ideal of connection and support, like the friendships that made Rebecca Wells's 'Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood' and Ann Brashares's 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' into best-selling novels and successful films.

Deborah Tannen

SupportSisterConnectionSecrets

I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.

Clay Aiken

JobWantNeverTakeWhereSomething

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