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A lot of American guys wear really wide legged jeans and square shoes. Then they come to Sweden and think my friends are gay because they're wearing 'really tight jeans'. It's called 'fitted!' Caroline Winberg
Gay Shoes Think Wear Wearing Guys Come Because Tight Lot Fitted Friends Square American Then Really Sweden Jeans Wide
I like ungroomed men. The relaxed look. I don't like fussy guys. Just shower and use deodorant. Caroline Winberg
Men Relaxed Fussy Guys Like Look Deodorant Just Use Shower
If a tree dies, plant another in its place. Carolus Linnaeus
Gardening Plant Tree Another Dies Place
I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete. Claes Oldenburg
Art Dropped Am Concrete Underwear Ice Ice Cream Cream
If you really want to be an artist, you search yourself, and you find a lot of it comes from earlier times. I have pretty much built the work around my experiences. When I've moved from one place to another, the work has changed. Claes Oldenburg
Work You Yourself Changed Find Pretty Another Around Built Lot Times Artist Moved Want Experiences Place Much Really Search Earlier
My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy. Claes Oldenburg
Aim Give Single-Minded Existence Fantasy
I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal. Claes Oldenburg
People Think Monument For The People Personal Being Rhetorical Therefore Symbolic Honest
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. Dag Hammarskjold
Busy More Leisure
I never discuss discussions. Dag Hammarskjold
Never Discuss Discussions
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility. Dag Hammarskjold
Alone You Man Integrity Responsibility Duty Assume Part Becomes Task Suspect Essential Essential Part Which Moment
A playlist can be very versatile, almost like a programming language. Daniel Ek
Language Programming Programming Language Almost Like Versatile Very
Piracy was kind of hard: It took a few minutes to download a song. It was kind of cumbersome. You had to worry about viruses. It's not like people want to be pirates. They just want a great experience. Daniel Ek
Great You Experience People Song Few Took Worry Viruses Great Experience Kind Minutes About Had Like Piracy Pirates Just Want Hard Download
Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners. Daniel Ek
Music Time Rights Pay Simpler Consuming Make Spotify Same Owners Same Time Wants
I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify. Daniel Ek
Music Day Technology Band Enough One Day Tried Never Had Combine Talented Along Make Spotify Came Passions Up Decided While Companies Growing Growing Up Play Started Two
I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better. Daniel Ek
Better Inventor Make Just Want Things
People just want to have access to all of the world's music. Daniel Ek
Music People World Access Just Want
For me, as someone growing up in a working-class suburb in Stockholm, I couldn't afford all the music. So back in '98, '99, I was really thinking about how I could get all the music and do it in a legal way while at the same time compensating the artist. Daniel Ek
Music Time Me Legal Thinking Back Way About Someone Could How Up Stockholm Afford Get Same Artist Same Time Suburb While Really Working-Class Growing Growing Up
I had always wanted to belong, and I had been thinking that this was going to get solved when I had money, and instead, I had no idea how I wanted to live my life. And no one teaches you what to do after you achieve financial independence. So I had to confront that. Daniel Ek
Life You Money Financial Achieve Independence My Life Live Thinking Solved No Idea Had No-One Instead Idea Always How Been Get Going Wanted After Confront Teaches Belong
It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists. Daniel Ek
Music Me People Listening Diversity Gone Down Music Industry Though Disturbed More Had Industry Greater Were Than Artists Even Ever Drain
I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services. Daniel Ek
Born Known Piracy Sweden Services
Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song. Daniel Ek
Today Music News Song Matters Seconds Latest Relevant Minutes Someone Could Like Five Where Happened Even
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it. Daniel Ek
Music You Communicate Listening Fans Think Way Mars Directly Through He Like Spotify Artist Artists Creating Using
At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music. Daniel Ek
Music Best You Win Musician Democratically Because Spotify Want Really Your
There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before. Daniel Ek
Service Music Legal People Will Before Every Music Industry Month Way Consume Make Industry Been Than Getting Just Bigger Them Who Ever Millions Millions Of People
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Daniel Ek
Music People Britney Britney Spears Though General Exceptions Sharing Comfortable Lady Lady Gaga Gaga Spears Two
Buying sports cars, going to expensive nightclubs, spraying people with champagne and things like that - what I learnt is that it wasn't for me, and, in fact, I feel pretty empty after doing that. Daniel Ek
Me Sports People Car Pretty Fact Feel Like Empty Learnt Doing Going Expensive In Fact After Things Champagne Buying Nightclubs
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