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Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Dag Hammarskjold

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: diplomat
Nationality: swedish
Birth: July 29, 1905 - September 18, 1961

Topics

Time Reputation Time Goes By Ability

Ben Schwartzwalder was a decent guy, but he was from another era. He was like a Marine, with a real army attitude. He thought there was only one way to play football, and that was the rough way.

Attitude Football Thought Army Play

My endorsement of Senator Obama will not be welcome news to my friends and family at the Clinton campaign.

Family Welcome Friends And Family

You have to surrender to a book. If you do, when something in it seems to be going askew, you are wounded. The more you have surrendered to a book, the more jarring its errors appear.

Robert Gottlieb

Book You Surrender More Seems Going

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles.

Intelligent Sophisticated Been Roles

Taking offense is, in fact, one of the few things that brings us together.

Anand Giridharadas

Together Things Offense Us Fact Few

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

Fear Ring Never Knew Really

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

Wife Sleep You Situation Go Afraid

'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

Love Politics Love Is Stronger Sides

It wasn't that the teachers were bad. From what I can remember, they were pretty good. It was about the selection of books. It was about not seeing my young life reflected back to me: my family dynamics, the noise and complexities of my neighborhood, the things I loved, like ice cream trucks and Kool-Aid.

Life Family Good Me Loved Remember

I don't have any problems getting people to open up.

People Problems Open Up Any Getting

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Name More Only Objects Tender Cure

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in.

Now Office Box Coming Post Get

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