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Ullmann, Liv - salon.com - The renowned actress and director of "Faithless" talks about quick flings in Paris, her pal Ingmar Bergman and how scared we all are.
Nancho Consults: Arne Næss - Interview with this Norwegian famous philosopher.
Næss, Arne - Founder of Deep Ecology and one of Norway's best known philosophers. Projects and publications.
Nansen, Fridtjof - On a simple grave in a quiet garden outside Oslo a name is inscribed, Fridtjof Nansen. There are no dates upon the stone and somehow this is fitting. For there is a timelessness about great men; and in Norway, and indeed the world, Nansen must be numbered among the foremost.
Munch, Edvard - The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new epoch. His star is still on the ascendant in the other European countries, and in the rest of the world.
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903.
Grieg, Edvard - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is the greatest composer Norway has fostered.
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Chesterton Celebrities When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve. -- Francois Cavanna Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing. -- Georges Danton, to his executioner Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. -- Anaïs Nin Celebrities Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. -- Joseph Addison "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." (Edger Allen Poe) Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -- Indian proverb "Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great." 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(Mae West) Celebrities For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. -- Winnie the Pooh, character from author A. A. Milne It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. -- Gore Vidal Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. -- Samuel Butler Celebrities "I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education." (Wilson Mizner) Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition. -- Jacques Barzun Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. -- Ed Abbey blah "It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous." (Benjamin Fran Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. 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