Sigrid Undset Quotes
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There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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Sharia law does not exist in the Koran. It was created by man.
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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
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We can learn from everybody, man.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
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I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.
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I think Star City should have Unesco World Heritage status. It will need to be adapted a little bit and made more glamorous than it looks now, but it should definitely be protected for the future.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
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All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them.
