Quote by Henning Mankell
What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other peoples dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats – and they in turn can listen to ours. – Henning Mankell

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Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives – which is true – but theres also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival. – Henning Mankell

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Wisdom
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I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see whats happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. – Henning Mankell

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Society
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The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover, they have not lost their will to progress and develop. Mozambique is a country where the people never surrendered. – Henning Mankell

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positive
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Dreams
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Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease. – Armstrong Williams

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I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. – Susan Sontag

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Dreams

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesnt make it any less weird though. – Orlando Bloom

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Dreams

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true. – Elijah Wood

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Dreams

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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. – Italo Calvino

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