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“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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Jens Stoltenberg

Former Prime Minister of Norway, a politician born on March 16, 1959. During his tenure, he was committed to promoting peace and security in Norway and played a significant role in international affairs. more

“There remain of Europe, first, Macedonia and the part of Thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as Byzantium; secondly, Greece; and thirdly, the Islands that are close by. Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece, yet now, since I am following the nature and shape of the place geographically, I have decided to classify it apart from the rest of Greece and to join it with that part of Thrace.”

Firsts Courses Shapes Europe Decided Following Islands Greece Macedonia Byzantium

Author:Strabo

“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.”

Ifs Wells Time Understanding One Thing Masters Insight Understanding Things

Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

“Three classes inhabited the city (Alexandria in Egypt): first the Aegyptian or native stock of people, who were quick-tempered and not inclined to civil life; and secondly the mercenary class, who were severe and numerous and intractable...; and, third, the tribe of the Alexandrians, who also were not distinctly inclined to civil life, and for the same reasons, but still they were better than those others, for even though they were a mixed people, still they were Greeks by origin and mindful of the customs common to the Greeks.”

People Firsts Stills Reason Three Common Cities Class Thirds Greek Native Customs Severe Tribes Egypt Mercenary Alexandria

Author:Strabo

“The Aegean sea washes Greece on two sides: first, the side that faces towards the east and stretches from Sunium, towards the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf and Thessaloniceia, a Macedonian city...; and secondly, the side that faces towards the south, I mean the Macedonian country, extending from Thessaloniceia as far as the Strymon.”

Firsts Mean Two Country Faces Sides Cities Sea South East Greece Two Sides Extending

Author:Strabo

“Stronach's fragile beauty belies an emotional strength, pragmatic resiliency, and intellectual courage. Her ideas and choreography are both enigmatic and playful.”

Ideas Emotional Intellectual Fragile Pragmatic Choreography Resiliency Enigmatic Emotional Strength

Author:Tami Stronach

“I am a farmer singing at the plow”

Singing Farmers

Book:Beyond Dark Hills

Source: Beyond Dark Hills

“Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system much less a brain the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation.”

Simple Perfect Brain Enemy Nervous Compromise Target Host Uniforms Lacking Nervous System Robust Parasites Central Nervous System Replication

Book:Daemon

Source: Daemon

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