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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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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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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Quien no llena su mundo de fantasmas, se queda solo.
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How do we describe the fact of human existence? At a certain point, perhaps, style fails us. Language, even and in particular at its most evocative, becomes less of an aid and more of a difficulty.
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Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way.
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In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm.
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In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.
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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'.
