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Quotes by Swedish Authors
"The investigations which have seemingly been the most purely abstract have often formed the foundation of the most important changes or improvements in the conditions of human life."
"There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant."
"I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard."
"It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly."
"Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different."
"When both our inner man and woman takes responsibility for themselves and lives their own truth, a joy and love begins to flow naturally between them. Healing means to develop the inner man and woman so that love can flow between them. Healing is to learn to love both our inner man and woman. It is to learn to live the truth of both the inner man and woman."
"To be able to die consciously, we need to prepare for death while we are still living."
"We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture."
"You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that."
"It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved."
"So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others."
"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."
"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."
"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
"You think I'm gorgeous?"When I look at you, all I can think about are the the different ways I'd like to fuck you."So that's a yes then? she said shyly."No, darlin. It's an I-hope-you-weren't-planning-on-sleeping-alone-tonight."
"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
"Outer relationships with a man or a woman are a mirror of the relationship between our own inner man and woman. Embracing our own inner man and woman means to understand the inner drama that happens between our male and female aspects, which manifests on the outside as relationships."
"The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people."
"There is a very simple relationship between increased socioeconomic rifts in the society and increased violence, criminality, war, increased lack of trust between people, health problems and social exclusion - but it seems to be very difficult for people to understand this simple relationship."
"When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination."
"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."
"It is when we develop both our inner man and woman that we find a new harmony and wholeness within ourselves. Healing means to develop and integrate our inner man and woman so that love can flow between them. To rediscover our own inner source of love, we need to embrace both the male and female sides within ourselves. When these two sides are developed and integrated, a new spark of love, joy, harmony, creativity and wholeness arises within us. Awareness is an inner harmony between opposite poles and tendencies."
"I was tired in the evening yesterday. I felt drained by the last days outer conflicts. I felt separated from life. Suddenly I heard the wind blowing through the trees outside my open window, whispering a silent and playful invitation: "Do you want to play? Do you want to join the dance?" This playful invitation again joined my heart and being with the Existential dance. I was again in a silent prayer and oneness with life."
"Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms."
"I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love."
"There are certainly a good number of alternatives to 'shit,' if you have a particular need to express such a feeling."
"Sometimes it's easier to go on living, not even knowing who you are, when at least you know precisely where you are while you go on not knowing."
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