"Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are coming from all over. It is still changing society in a good way."

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Source : Source: wwd.com

Sjon

#Iceland Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“What you think and do today determines how tomorrow is going to be.”

Source : Marshall Sylver (1997). “Passion Profit Power”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“I don't think it's illegal. I don't think it's against the rules. It's as dangerous for me to have a toothpick in your mouth as it is to have a 200-pound man punch me in the face hard or try to kick me in the face. I'm more worried about that, to be honest. I don't have any superstitions. I won world titles with a toothpick. I defended it without a toothpick. It all depends. Sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't. It's a bad habit. I know I shouldn't do it, but it's fine.”
“I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for my children, the love for my parents and the love for my friends is the end in itself. The meaning is life.”
“There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.”
“A well-read writer, with good taste, is one who has the command of the wit of other men; he searches where knowledge is to be found; and though he may not himself excel in invention, his ingenuity may compose one of those agreeable books, the deliciÃ¦ of literature, that will out-last the fading meteors of his day.”
“Innovation: Imagine the future and fill in the gaps.”
“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.”
“All I know is that the Internet will transform the world.”

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