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I think that cinema is a great place to make stories of loneliness. And being Norwegian, I don't want to make the film about loneliness in being out in nature on a mountaintop; it's about being in the cities.
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I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges.
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You'd phone or knock on the door of your friend or neighbour if they hadn't appeared at your local pub or bar for a few days, just to make sure they weren't dead in the cellar.
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If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. Progress is disruption and change.
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A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.
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I'm constantly scared. I'm constantly fearful of what's to come and people don't realize that just because you're doing something doesn't mean that you're fearless but you get up every day and you do it. It takes a lot of courage to be real.
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Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks.
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The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice.
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You're an entropic chaos factor
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Those who have been used of God had to pay a terrific price.
