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1 " Life, here I come!' he said. And was immediately and fatally run over by a bus. "
― Jonas Jonasson , The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
2 " If you don't think you have enough problems, you should acquire a mammal in Sweden just hours before you're about to fly home to the other side of the world, and then insist that the animal must come along in your luggage. "
3 " An exciting follow-up to this event was the many ups and downs when the most developed country in the world made such a mess of its own presidential election that it took several weeks for the Supreme Court to decide 5–4 that the candidate with the most votes had lost. With this, George W. Bush became the president of the United States, while Al Gore was reduced to an environmental agitator whom not even the anarchists in Stockholm paid much attention to. Incidentally, Bush later invaded Iraq in order to eliminate all the weapons Saddam Hussein didn’t have. "
4 " have never once in my life seen a fanatic with a sense of humor. AMOS OZ "
5 " If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. Winnie-the-Pooh "
6 " The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.– Unknown "
7 " The more I see of men, the more I like my dog. MADAME DE STAËL "
8 " Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty. "
9 " The world went on revolving around its sun at the constant speed and with the inconstant temper it always had. "
10 " George W. Bush in Washington decided that Nobel Peace Prize winner and ex-president Nelson Mandela could probably be taken off the U.S. list of terrorists). "
11 " It sure was an unjust world when certain people received an excess of certain things, while others got nothing. "
12 " Present—that part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope. AMBROSE BIERCE "
13 " All that’s left is the rest, "
14 " We’ll just change your name – I’m sure the assistant can’t tell one black from the next.’ Said the fourteen-year-old who looked twelve. "
15 " Bücher hatten einfach etwas Sympathisches, ihre bloße Existenz war erfreulich. "
16 " The overworked man was tired of everything, and he only kept going because he had long since forgotten that life could consist of anything else. "
17 " We all need someone to share our innermost thoughts with, "
18 " Nombeko said that she was South African, and that she thought it sounded laborious to hate all Americans, given how many of them there were. "
19 " With the new antiterrorism laws, the government could call anyone a terrorist and lock him or her up for as long as they liked, for any reason they liked. Or for no reason at all. "
20 " Sometimes you know things you shouldn't, and sometimes it's the other way round. "
