Jostein Gaarder Quotes
Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance. The road to health for everyone is through moderation, harmony, and a 'sound mind in a sound body'.
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I always played to win.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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It is always good to be on the scoresheet.
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The exciting results from the Hubble, other satellites and probes would not have been possible without innovative solutions to many technical problems.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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'Places to Go' is something that I would never normally write because I would usually be worried with what people would think about me.
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I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
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All this wealth excludes but one evil,-poverty.
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My patriotism is subservient to my religion. I cling to India like a child to its mother’s breast, because I feel that she gives me the spiritual nourishment I need. She has the environment that responds to my highest aspiration.
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'Only, the beastly Arctic won't freeze,'
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I must say that when we wanted to take up arms we approached numerous Western governments for assistance and we were never able to see any but the most junior ministers. When we visited Cuba we were received by the highest officials and were immediately offered whatever we wanted and needed. That was our earliest experience with Cuban internationalism.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to appearances, sometimes proof of intellectual superiority and a condemnation of the teacher.
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Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them.
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Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course because of a physical or mental imbalance. The road to health for everyone is through moderation, harmony, and a 'sound mind in a sound body'.
