Karl Ove Knausgaard Quotes

When I wrote my first novel - I was nineteen - I did it very quickly. If you write fast, you feel like you're entering something not yet familiar - a world rather than thoughts about the world.

Karl Ove Knausgaard

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ThoughtsWorldFeelYouFastFirst

There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that I might've wanted to select to do. But that's the style of my voice. There's nothing I can do about the height of my voice. And so I learned to deal with it.

Jimmy Scott

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My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.

John Oates

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I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.

Anjelica Huston

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I love Russia. Some people love Africa, some people love Mexico, some people love purple, the color purple. I love Russia, and I'm not scared to say it.

Steven Seagal

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I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me.

Steven Van Zandt

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Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Sigmund Freud

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We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is it at all. It's stupid; it's a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that's rather different. That's a powerful reminder of where we are.

Simon Winchester

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The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been sitting on the grocery shelf for weeks, even months - even years.

Julia Child

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My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.

Julia Roberts

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I am not comfortable at all with this tag of being dubbed 'the richest Indian' and all the attention that follows for the reason.

Dilip Shanghvi

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I'm definitely a seat-of-the-pants writer.

Deborah Harkness

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Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

Chuck D

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