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Quotes by Danish authors

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Small: Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods
"Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good argum
"When a business group tells us there is nothing wrong with the environment, naturally they may have good arguments, but we are also sceptical, because we know that they have an interest in these things"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, prob
"It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the amount of, say, six degrees warming, but it's likely that we'll get two to three degrees warming and that will be serious enough"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: A review was published in Nature, very scathing, essentially calling me incompetent, though they didnt use tha
"A review was published in Nature, very scathing, essentially calling me incompetent, though they didn't use that word. I am putting a reply on my Web site in a few days, where I go through their arguments, paragraph by paragraph"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain poin
"We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: I think its great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people
"I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow
"It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo the more he can
Søren Kierkegaard
"The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays
Søren Kierkegaard
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Dont forget to love yourself
Søren Kierkegaard
"Don't forget to love yourself"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough
Arne Jacobsen
"Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment"
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
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Small: But inspiration? - Thats when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and
Arne Jacobsen
"But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago"
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
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Small: We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightl
"We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter"
Bille August, Director
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Small: When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surp
"When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy. There had never before been any star in that place in the sky"
Tycho Brahe, Scientist
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Small: Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal
Fredrik Bajer
"Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained"
Fredrik Bajer, Writer
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Small: No, no, youre not thinking youre just being logical
Niels Bohr
"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical"
Niels Bohr, Physicist
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Small: There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising si
"There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: The fact that were catching more fish per person than weve ever done before doesnt mean that there are not par
"The fact that we're catching more fish per person than we've ever done before doesn't mean that there are not particular places where we've managed fisheries badly"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: Just because there is a problem doesnt mean that we have to solve it, if the cure is going to be more expensiv
"Just because there is a problem doesn't mean that we have to solve it, if the cure is going to be more expensive than the original ailment"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: I really try to say things as they basically are and it so happens that it is a good message that things are g
"I really try to say things as they basically are and it so happens that it is a good message that things are getting better, but there are still problems"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then
"But this is an occupational hazard of being a scientist. You say this is the best information I have and then you realize that not everyone is going to read the footnotes or the whole book, so people are going to get the wrong impression"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spen
"Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand its important to get the sense... are we gener
"Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: Even if I was a bad right wing guy, to the extent of whether my arguments are right or wrong, theyre right or
"Even if I was a bad right wing guy, to the extent of whether my arguments are right or wrong, they're right or wrong independently if I'm right or left"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: So its mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming
"So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US150 and 350 billion a year, starting in 2010
"The Kyoto treaty has an estimated cost of between US$150 and $350 billion a year, starting in 2010"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: On average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world
"On average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation
"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term.
"The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the
"The obvious issue is providing clean drinking water and sanitation to every single human being on earth at the cost of little more than one year of the Kyoto treaty"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues
"Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
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Small: The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness
"The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals
"I was a town child, it is true, but that did not prevent me enjoying open-air life, with plants and animals"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish
"He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was
"My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house
"Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance
"When I was a little boy I did not, of course, trouble much about my appearance"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my ci
"My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied ones feeling of honour
"I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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Small: I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light
"I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light"
Georg Brandes, Critic
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