Per Petterson Quotes

'In the Wake' was a very bleak book. This relationship was not too good, the father and son. This time around, I wanted a father and a son who really loved each other, which would be visible on the first page and would still be there on the last page.

Per Petterson

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GoodFatherSonRelationshipTime

Life isn't like a 'Full House' episode.

Jodie Sweetin

LifeHouseLikeFullEpisode

I was a mathematician by nature, and still am - I just knew I didn't want to be a mathematician. So I decided not to take any mathematics courses.

Stephen Sondheim

NatureMathematicsWantTakeJust

You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.

Siobhan Fahey

FeelYouSomethingLikeLoudReally

We need to establish boundaries between our personal and professional lives. When we don't, our work, our health, and our personal lives suffer.

Travis Bradberry

WorkHealthProfessionalPersonal

I still think probably the only thing I'm suited for is being a boy from Texas.

Tommy Lee Jones

TexasThinkBoyBeingOnlyStill

Some people you work on a film with, and then they disappear.

Martin Short

WorkPeopleYouSome PeopleFilm

Let's give people more incentives to get fuel efficient vehicles.

Mitt Romney

PeopleMoreIncentivesGiveGet

Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.

Louis Aragon

LifeTruthBlack And WhiteLight

I'm a mom first.

Mindy McCready

MomFirst

I should be more vocal about the things I believe are doing us harm, but many years ago in my early twenties, I learned a bit of a lesson. I started to realise at that time the benefits of eating healthy food and drink.

Jasper Carrott

TimeFoodEatingBelieveDoing

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life.

Jose Saramago

LifeDayDeathPresentEvery Day

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

MusicPeopleBreathMakeDesirable

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