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Quotes by Swedish Authors
"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."
"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands."
"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away."
"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned."
"I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture."
"We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors."
"What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear."
"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word."
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity."
"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
"In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online."
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again."
"The most important thing for a good marriage is to learn how to argue peaceably."
"I've been here playing against Connors and it can be very, very loud. It makes it exciting at the same time."
"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
"We had a great group of guys when I was there, five of us, I think. It's a great competition. Every practice was hard. I think that's helped us a lot, everybody that was there."
"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."
"If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."
"When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music for free, who would want to buy a record in a record shop? But I think we all agree that radio stations are good stuff."
"The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it."
"It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique."
"That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides."
"I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can."
"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character."
"To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries."
"The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening."
"They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing."
"The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have."
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
"A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so."
"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."
"The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles."
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