Jostein Gaarder Quotes
Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
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For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I'm always a little bit nervous.
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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
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I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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If we had zero corporate tax in this country, tens of millions of jobs would get created in this country for no other reason.
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Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.
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Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
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Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.
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There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
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The Italians must allow us to slaughter the Momands, because, if we do not kill the warlike hillmen, they will kill us. And we must allow the Italians to slaughter the Danakils for the same reason.
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The number of people who said that it made a difference to them that I'm out is the reason that I'm out. There are people who devote their lives to taking away the rights of gays and lesbians, and I think that visibility is very important. I'm trying to encourage more people to come out, and show everyone who they are, because it's harder to take away the rights of a human being. And this is a miracle state, because we can get married. And I think that these people working to take away our rights are going to lose, because of this generation.
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Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you're making it for a good reason.
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People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.
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I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.
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Know mankind well, don't degrade every man as evil, and don't exalt every man thinking he is good. He who cannot discover himself; cannot discover the world.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I like television medium because it feels like we're doing a play, and I learned how to act in theater school, so that comes very naturally to me, this format. I like that people can laugh out loud when we're working. I like that we can make mistakes, unlike being onstage, where you can't.
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Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.
