"Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth."

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Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books

HalldÃ³r Laxness

“Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.”
“What does the perfect elevator look like, the one that will deliver us from the cities we suffer now, these stunted shacks? We don't know because we can't see inside it, it's something we cannot imagine, like the shape of angels' teeth. It's a black box.”
“If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.”
“I think politics and personal psychology and interrelationships - these things are interrelated to me and overlap.”

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“The feeling that someone owes us something, the pain for the harm that others caused us, etc., stops the inner progress of the soul.”
“The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way.”
“If you have any of these qualities... love, kindness, compassion, sincerity and truth in your heart.... you will always find your way home.”
“Most of the models have this thing I call slouchy sexy, not only in the way they dress, but in the way carry themselves. I don't think they would look hot in one of my dresses. They are more into A. Wang. Most of my clothes are nerdy sexy.”

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