Oslo Quotes

• Although I dont know Oslo at all, there is something about the feel or the smell of the place that feels like home, which is quite interesting.

  Alexander Hanson

  Home, Smell, Interesting

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• The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.

  Natan Sharansky

  Peace, Fighting, Israel

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• My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.

  Roald Dahl

  Father, Hands, Elbows

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• It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

  Natan Sharansky

  Israel, Flames, Hatred

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• Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.

  Natan Sharansky

  Peace, Israel, Ideas

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• Oslo es una ciudad con una belleza oculta que quería explorar y averiguar si era posible captar la sensación específica de volver a casa en bicicleta de una fiesta a primera hora de la mañana, justo cuando sale el sol.

  Joachim Trier

  Morning, Party, Home

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I always enjoy Oslo. It's a beautiful city, especially on a cold winter day.

  Greg Rutherford

  Beautiful, Winter, Cities

  "Greg Rutherford: 'I ate sushi with Charlize Theron and Usher'". Interview with Nick McGrath, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 7, 2016.

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• Hasta los años ochenta, Oslo era una ciudad bastante aburrida, pero ha cambiado mucho y ahora es mucho más cosmopolita. Si voy al centro, visito el puerto para ver los grandes barcos y los transbordadores, y para admirar la arquitectura moderna, como la Ópera o el nuevo Museo Astrup Fearnley, a orillas del agua.

  Jo Nesbo

  Museums, Water, House

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• As I say, we Norwegians love our woolens, and you can buy some beautiful knitwear in Oslo. They might cost you a bit - but they will last.

  Jo Nesbo

  Beautiful, Cost, Might

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• What god would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 flight to Oslo?

  Douglas Adams

  Airports, Two, Atheism

  The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul ch. 6 (1988)

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• When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spirit of the songs. I found that where forces have been the same, whether people weave, build, pick cotton, or dig in the mine, they understand each other in the common language of work, suffering, and protest.

  Paul Robeson

  Song, People, Singing

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• Strange star-like object over Oslo right before Obama arrives. A gift of a golden medal given by a group of wise men... Nah.

  Craig Ferguson

  Wise, Jesus, Stars

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• When you choose your profession, you also choose your own downfall or success. If one chooses to become an artist it is 99% certain that it will go to hell. So you should not become that. If you study economics on Oslo, 99% of all students will do very well and 1% will reach the top.

  Odd Nerdrum

  Artist, Students, Study

  Source: sturm-lie.be

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• Anoté Oslo después de la muerte. Pensaba que sería un buen título para un libro. Eso es lo que hago a veces. Apunto títulos para libros que algún día pienso escribir.

  John Corey Whaley

  Book, Writing, One Day

  John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else they may do. Although this is by any measure a triumph of city planning, the building itself is not quite a masterpiece, though very fine indeed.

  Martin Filler

  Cities, League, House

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• You want a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since signing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has spent two decades working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.

  John Podhoretz

  Israel, Two, Roots

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• President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.

  Shimon Peres

  Agreement, President, Abba

  "Q & A with Israel President Shimon Peres". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

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• Trabajaba en una librería de Oslo, importando libros en inglés.

  Per Petterson

  Book, Language, Bookstores

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• Like Mahmoud Abbas. He is not gaining anything. He puts conditions and Israel ignores them. Israel doesn’t give him any hint that they will accept a single one of his conditions. Let me tell you. Arafat went to Oslo and signed [the agreement]. What did Israel do? They confined him in Muqata in one room and killed him.

  Leila Khaled

  Israel, Agreement, Giving

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• By signing the Oslo accords in 1993 he took a giant step towards the realization of this vision. It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled.

  Kofi Annan

  Vision, Steps, Giants

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