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Fridtjof Nansen Quotes

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Fridtjof Nansen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: explorer
Nationality: norwegian
Birth: October 10, 1861 - May 13, 1930

Topics

Me Forward Bridges Choice Behind

I don't like to try very hard. Most of the time it's just jeans, a T-shirt and Converse trainers. Casual, comfortable and boyish is how I'd describe my look. The way people wear clothes makes them stylish, rather than the clothes themselves.

Time People Stylish Clothes Look

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Alone Artist Him Spirits He After

I have never won big fights just doing one thing, being one-dimensional.

Doing Never Big One Thing Just Won

Anytime you join a show that's been successful, there's a certain responsibility. And a lot of anxiety that, you know, you're bringing the character to life, respecting the show and doing your part. So that you are not the weak link in the chain.

Life Character Responsibility Anxiety

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man.

John Philip Sousa

Music Great Man Me American Earth

We had some problems - my children were kidnapped during that time, and it just changed my whole way of thinking, from being in show business and everything else.

Business Children Time Thinking Way

The first to grasp how sensitive Israeli public opinion was on the issue of hostages and M.I.A.'s - and therefore what a powerful weapon abduction could be - was Ahmed Jibril, the leader of a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Leader Opinion Powerful First Weapon

If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.

Martin Van Buren

Limits Acting Possible Always Within

I'm 28, and for the next six or seven years my goal is to try to fight for the yellow jersey. If I can win it once I would be chuffed to bits.

Fight Yellow Win Goal I Can Try

Greg Rucka's 'Lazarus' is amazing.

I'd rather shut myself in a room for six months than act in a bad movie.

Myself Bad Room Act Rather Shut

People text when they're meant to actually be driving. So imagine what they do when they think the car's got it under control.

Car People Control Think Driving

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