"We have a high standard of living. ... In Norway, we've tripled our income since 1970. In the rest of western Europe, income has merely doubled."

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Source : "At the Top: An interview with Jens Stoltenberg". Interview in Torgrim Eggen, 2001.

Jens Stoltenberg

#Europe Quotes #Income Quotes #High Standards Quotes

“Be very careful that you do not unconsciously assume that nervous tension is power. This is vital. Watch yourself the next time you work toward some goal. Look very closely to discover tense feelings and nervous thoughts whirling around inside. Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.”
“While my hand is on the stick, my feet on the rudder, and my eyes on the compass, this consciousness, like a winged messenger, goes out to visit the waves below, testing the warmth of water, the speed of wind, the thickness of intervening clouds. It goes north to the glacial coasts of Greenland, over the horizon to the edge of dawn, ahead to Ireland, England, and the continent of Europe, away through space to the moon and stars, always returning, unwillingly, to the mortal duty of seeing that the limbs and muscles have attended their routine while it was gone.”
“In fear we are acting on fiction and in love we are acting on truth”
“Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.”

Source : Joan Bauer (2006). “Best Foot Forward”, p.101, Penguin
“More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.”
“When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew.”
“Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying.”
“The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges.”

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