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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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Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that its a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls. – Henning Mankell

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Society
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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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I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Dont try to be like me. Be better than me. – Florence Griffith Joyner

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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams. – Norman Cousins

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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. – Langston Hughes

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