"The only question that really counts, must be thins one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?"

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Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.110, Canongate Books

Erlend Loe

#Get Better Quotes

“The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.”
“I think positivity also brings determination and wanting to explore more and wanting to do more with your life. Because if you come to that point of having to think about your life in that way you don't want it to be negative.”

Source : Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk
“I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.”

Source : "OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on Hitmaking, Writer's Block and the Song That Got Away (Q&A)" by Michele Amabile Angermiller, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 06, 2013.
“Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living - that would be the best scenario.”
“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”
“After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.”
“Coercion created slavery, the cowardice of the slaves perpetuated it.”
“Even monkeys fall from trees.”

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