Magne Quotes

#1. Magne Furuholmen is a very dear friend of mine. A-ha are a classic pop band and they've got some brilliant songs. I'd say 'The Living Daylights' was one of my favourite Bond tunes: regardless of it being a Bond song, it stands alone as a great piece of music.

Guy Berryman

#2. It is typically Norwegian to be good

Kjell Magne Bondevik

#3. We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

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#4. President Obama's election has taught us to stop being paralyzed by excuses and given us a floodgate of hope. I'm more daring and going after things that I once thought were not possible.

Tasha Smith

#5. Some are afraid of being a mess, feared by the unknown and are horrified by an unplanned future; than, there is some of us who thrive through discovery , excited by unknown territories and intrigued by a future of mystery. How you tell these people apart; one is a thinker, thy other a feeler.

Nikki Rowe

#6. Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

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#7. Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

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#8. We in America should be grateful to God for the blessing he has given us.

Billy Graham

#9. I am not and should not be considered an economist.

Sylvia Porter

#10. I'm very proud of being persona non grata. I've never been that before in my life, and that suits me extremely wellI'm known for provocations, but I like provocations when they have a purpose. And this had no purpose whatsoever. Because I'm not Mel Gibson. I'm definitely not Mel Gibson.

Lars Von Trier

#11. Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

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#12. We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

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#13. The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians ... They must fight terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in order to make possible progress on the roadmap.

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#14. There is a need for more effective dialogue ... between the government and the international community.

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#15. Bombs fall and wipe out civilization as we know it, two things come up out of the ashes: roaches and F-150s.

James Sallis

#16. If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

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#17. The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Rick Riordan

#18. Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

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#19. A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

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#20. We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

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#21. We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

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#22. Villa Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history.

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#23. Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

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#24. Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

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#25. Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.

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#26. If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.

Kjell Magne Bondevik