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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."
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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."
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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."
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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."
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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."
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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."
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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland."
People
"It's incredible how nature sets females up to take care of people, and yet it is tricky for them to take care of themselves."
Nature
"It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end."
Funny
"If nothing else, I have money."
Money
"Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper."
Football
"I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl."
Blood
"There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews."
Spirit
"I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks."
Love
"I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way."
Work
"I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around."
People
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