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Bjornstjerne Bjornson Quotes

The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be.

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: norwegian
Birth: December 8, 1832 - April 26, 1910

Topics

Work Freedom History Spiritual Write

I don't like the tropes, particularly in my industry, that the senior women are mean to the junior staff.

Women Mean Senior Industry Women Are

That's what makes a character interesting from an actor's perspective - the more screwed up, the better.

Character Perspective Better Actor

One of the main things I know about O.J. Simpson is that he is a compulsive talker. So if I were to ask him one question, I would get 45 minutes on the history of the case. It would be irrelevant what I would ask him - he would just start talking.

History Start Talking Know Question

It was impossible to operate in the aluminium business without krysha - very real physical protection.

Roman Abramovich

Business Impossible Real Without

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

Focus I Am Me You Look Go

One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.

Women Power Potential You Cultures

I am no parasite.

I Am Am Parasite

In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes.

God Now Days Anything Something

I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched.

Anthony Bourdain

World News Want Kind Mean Searching

I just didn't see any toys that looked like me when I was a kid.

Me Toys Kid See Just Like

My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this.

Sometimes High Bangs Forehead Could

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

True Nothing Radio Had

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