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"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points."

"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

Friendship, Thought, Friends

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"All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it."

"All I know is it destroyed my family, it destroyed my marriage to Sylvester and I will never get over it."

Brigitte Nielsen, Danish Actress

Marriage, Family, Will

2

"Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps."

"Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps."

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish Author

Time, People, Children, Will

2

"I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light."

"I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

2

"We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports."

"We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports."

Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist

Community, Information, Now, Right

2

"The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility."

"The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility."

Bille August, Danish Director

Difference, Flexibility, Mind, Production

2

"Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has."

"Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has."

Lars Ulrich, Danish Musician

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"Just because there is a problem doesn't mean that we have to solve it, if the cure is going to be more expensive than the original ailment."

"Just because there is a problem doesn't mean that we have to solve it, if the cure is going to be more expensive than the original ailment."

Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist

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"Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine."

"Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine."

Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer

Life, Age, Business, Love

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"And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture."

"And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Architecture, Deep, Houses, Necessity

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"God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road."

"God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road."

Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer

God, Road, World

2

"The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity."

"The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

Time, Truth, Errors, Humanity

2

"With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use."

"With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use."

Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish Scientist

2

"Some defeats are only installments to victory."

"Some defeats are only installments to victory."

Jacob Riis, Danish Journalist

2

"Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules."

"Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Humor, Chess, Force, Opinion, Rules

2

"I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost."

"I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Thought, Company

2

"Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy."

"Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy."

Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist

Time, Energy, Global warming, Now

2

"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true."

"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true."

Niels Bohr, Danish Physicist

Technology, Truth, Will, Years

2

"I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them."

"I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them."

Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer

Woman, Women, People, Open, Will

2

"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation."

"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation."

Bjorn Lomborg, Danish Scientist

Work, Drinking, First, Water

2

"Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg."

"Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg."

Hans Christian Anderson, Danish Author

1

"I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy."

"I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy."

Lars Ulrich, Danish Musician

1

"On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement."

"On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

Leadership, Peace, Time, Art

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"Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death."

"Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death."

Lars Ulrich, Danish Musician

Death, People, Songs

1

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

Bille August, Danish Director

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"Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training."

"Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

School, Training

1

"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film."

"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film."

Bille August, Danish Director

People, Beginning, Film

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"Music is the soul of language."

"Music is the soul of language."

Max Heindel, Danish Celebrity

Music, Soul, Language

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