"I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels."

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Maj Sjowall

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #World Quotes

“My ambition is to one day shed my wardrobe and figure out how to look like Gilles Bensimon - or a famous stylist - who travels with a Birkin bag and minimal accoutrement and somehow looks cool.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Yes I am finally hanging up my boots for good,”

Source : "Manchester United's Paul Scholes retires for second time at 38", www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2013.
“Figures cannot calculate the amount collected by those public and private robbers: it is more than would liberate every slave in the United States; it would pay the British debt! They say, We do not force people to give. I see no difference between forcing a man out of his money, at the mouth of a pistol, and forcing it from by trick and cunning; the crime is the same.”
“The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.”
“I did a show called 'Wonderland' a few years back, and I was fortunate enough to spend a full-on two weeks - I'm talking 13-15 hours a day - with the doctors and patients at Bellevue in New York. That served me well for 'Durham County.”
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the targets in the Kyoto Protocol cannot and will not be met on the established timetable in the United States and elsewhere.”
“I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.”
“I play piano, so when I'm learning a new or difficult piece, at some point I have to enjoy the music of the piece itself, and have confidence that my fingers know where to go. It's the same with acting, there is a point where I have to enjoy the play.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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