Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes

When I started out on 'Min Kamp', I was so extremely frustrated over my life and my writing. I wanted to write something majestic and grand, something like 'Hamlet' or 'Moby Dick,' but found myself with this small life - looking after kids, changing diapers, quarreling with my wife, unable to write anything, really.

Karl Ove Knausgaard

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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

Joe DiMaggio

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I don't think I'm a good ol' boy. Honestly, the last thing I am is a redneck. I like silk sheets, fancy cars, beautiful women, good whiskey.

Joe Jamail

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I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

John Cho

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When I started as an actor, I kind of started with a couple features. I've been waiting for the opening.

Max Martini

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Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.

Andy Grammer

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Personality and socialization aren't the same thing.

Steven Pinker

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I would love to be on Broadway. I would love to do a three-month run, similar to how celebrities do a three-month run on 'Chicago.' Something like that would be awesome. So, I'm putting it out there.

Rochelle Aytes

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No one can fathom that the top 200 pro street skaters run from cops on the weekends and use a generator and lights to light up a handrail at 2 in the morning to get a trick that's going to be in an advertisement that will be shown around the world.

Rob Dyrdek

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There's some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.

Don Novello

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Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'

Chris Lilley

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I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.

Chrisette Michele

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There's a lot more blue-collar workers out there than the so-called elites.

Corey Stewart

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