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I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could… — Karin Fossum Copy Share Image
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All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal… — Louis Dudek Copy Share Image
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in reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
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