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Small: Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so
Fredrik Bajer
"Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: Todays date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for
Fredrik Bajer
"Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant re
Fredrik Bajer
"This is the task, I think, of a letter movement. But it should be set up only in states where a significant response can be achieved, for a letter movement necessarily presupposes a strong organization"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a
Fredrik Bajer
"There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussi
Fredrik Bajer
"The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: Indeed peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed
Fredrik Bajer
"Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession
Fredrik Bajer
"Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will a
Fredrik Bajer
"But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail
Fredrik Bajer
"We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not
Fredrik Bajer
"I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak the principal languages, could at least understand them or could have friends seated beside them who could keep them informed on essential points"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs
Fredrik Bajer
"There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to ha
Niels Bohr
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite
Niels Bohr
"There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them
Niels Bohr
"There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound
Niels Bohr
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openn
Niels Bohr
"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential incre
Niels Bohr
"Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Prediction is very difficult, especially if its about the future
Niels Bohr
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think
Niels Bohr
"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about
Niels Bohr
"It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: If quantum mechanics hasnt profoundly shocked you, you havent understood it yet
Niels Bohr
"If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understoo
Niels Bohr
"If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real
Niels Bohr
"Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question
Niels Bohr
"Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order
Niels Bohr
"Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field
Niels Bohr
"An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field
Niels Bohr
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: A physicist is just an atoms way of looking at itself
Niels Bohr
"A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Your theory is crazy, but its not crazy enough to be true
Niels Bohr
"Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with
Niels Bohr
"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: Only a fool does not fear actors, but you cant beat them, and if you cant beat them, join them, as they say.
"Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script.
"I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time"
Bille August, Director
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Small: If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and peopl
"If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a pl
"Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot
"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film"
Bille August, Director
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Small: Im happy that Im alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know Im sure that later on Ill start
"I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and
"I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: I always do something that Ive never done before
"I always do something that I've never done before"
Lars von Trier, Director
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Small: The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics
"The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics"
Bille August, Director
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Small: When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself
"When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music"
Lars von Trier, Director
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