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There is always this quarrel about what is preferable: the straight, naturalistic, epic storytelling or the modernistic, disjointed, slightly hermetic one. To me it does not matter, as long as it's good. I like both kinds. Although the common reader seems to prefer the first, which is to be expected, and who would blame her? Per Petterson

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To tell you the truth, I don't edit much at all. Most times, when I have finished the first draft, that's the book. Of course, I work on the page I am on until I am happy with it. I might even say that I try to state the landscape. Per Petterson

It's super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure. Petter Stordalen

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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level. Ragnar Frisch

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We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. Roald Amundsen

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I always come back to the piano. It's like home. Sigrid

Home Back Piano Come Like Always

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics. Sigrid

Writing Before Lyrics Melodies Vocal Always Start

It kills my vibe when cats don't wanna cuddle! Sigrid

Cats Vibe Wanna

I remember when I started writing lyrics, I was very grand. I tried to use a lot of symbols,because I thought that's how songwriting should be - with imagery and metaphor. I figured, after a while, maybe I should just write it as I would say in real life. Sigrid

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I try to, like, hang out with my family as much as possible. Hang out with the band, go hiking when I'm in the mood for that. Watch Netflix. It's really important for me; like, health comes before everything else. Sigrid

I really just like to sit alone at the piano. I need my me time. Sigrid

Alone Time Me Sit Piano Like Just Really Need

The thing I love about being on stage is I can do whatever I want. Sigrid

Love Whatever Stage About Being Want Thing

My sister and I wrote some songs together under a project called Sala Says Mhyp when I was 17. Sala is our cat. She died, and we wanted to do something in honor of our her. We were a proper cat family. Sigrid

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I didn't grow up listening to him - my parents listened more to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell - but I lived in a flatshare for two years, and my flatmate loved Leonard Cohen. He would always play him when he got home from the studio or something. Sigrid

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I appreciate hearing different stories. It inspires me. Sigrid

Me Inspires Hearing Different Stories Appreciate

I need to do music. Sigrid

Music Need

I always have a lot of hand cream. Sigrid

Always Hand Lot Cream

The thing I love about Norwegian cities is that you often have nature right at your doorstep - you don't need to go that far. That makes it a lot easier to just get out. Sigrid

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