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My mother did what many men do. She left.
Henning Mankell
Mother
Men
She
Left
Did
Many
At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country.
Henning Mankell
Time
Try
Independence
Country
Extremely
Abandoned
Run
Only
Only A Handful
Well-Educated
Leaving
Handful
Poor
Many
Residents
Portuguese
I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information.
Henning Mankell
Technology
Important
Meet
Must
Mass
New
Became
Understand
Am
Spreading
New Technology
Information
Places
Newspaper
Century
Us
Creates
Meant
Cyberspace
Fascinated
The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a small possibility to participate in the resistance. Most of the things that I do are part of a resistance, a form of solidarity work.
Henning Mankell
Work
Me
Change
World
Exploitation
Live
Solidarity
Possibility
Degradation
About
Small
Driving
Part
Driving Force
Participate
Most
Force
Form
Create
Fundamental
Things
Resistance
In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one seems to have the time or even the desire to listen to anyone else.
Henning Mankell
Time
World
Listening
Lost
Else
Guiding
Constant
Seems
Chatter
No-One
Principle
Been
Western
Western World
Listen
Africa
Where
Anyone
Anyone Else
Even
Desire
What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.
Henning Mankell
Dreams
People
Fears
Animals
Other
Ours
Fact
Joys
Sorrows
Listen
Turn
Us
Defeats
Desires
Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival.
Henning Mankell
Wisdom
Survival
Dignity
Enormous
Dimension
True
Terms
Also
Another
Tragedy
Normally
Children
Which
Capacity
Shown
Lives
Street
There is always a sacred hour in the theatre - after rehearsals and before performances, in the afternoon, between three and five o'clock. Normally the theatre is empty then, and this is a wonderful hour.
Henning Mankell
Theatre
Wonderful
Three
Before
Sacred
Performance
Between
Hour
Empty
Always
Five
Normally
After
Afternoon
Then
Rehearsals
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book.
Henning Mankell
Book
Writing
Brilliant
Power
Believe
Other
Earth
Sole
Sole Purpose
Purpose
Never
He
Retrieve
Although
His
Dickens
Sent
Many
Novels
Oliver
Twist
For me 'Oliver Twist' is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to spend their early lives in ghastly institutions.
Henning Mankell
Me
Political
Furious
Spend
Ghastly
Critique
Institutions
Forced
Were
Children
Poor
Who
Novel
Lives
Orphans
Oliver
Twist
Early
Treatment
I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the submarines in Swedish waters in 1982, where there were supposed to be Russian submarines close to Stockholm. And the military of Sweden never got one up.
Henning Mankell
Political
Military
Waters
Say
Worst
Scandals
Would
Russian
Absolutely
Lifetime
Never
Supposed
Got
Affair
Were
Up
Surrounding
Close
Stockholm
Where
Happened
Sweden
Swedish
Well, I believe that life is very complicated. And in a way, the only way you can show life in a truthful way is to show how complicated it is as an individual, but also your relation between a complicated life and the complications you have inside you.
Henning Mankell
Life
You
Complicated
Believe
Relation
Way
Complications
Inside
Only
Individual
Between
Also
Well
How
Very
Truthful
Your
Show
I understand that I have to prove myself as a manager. I think I have the potential. I have a lot of knowledge to share, and I think I'm well equipped to translate my thoughts to the players.
Henrik Larsson
Myself
Thoughts
Knowledge
Think
Potential
Share
Well
Understand
Equipped
Prove
Lot
Manager
Translate
Players
In England, somewhere. I want to be at a big team, in the big leagues again.
Henrik Larsson
Somewhere
Big
Leagues
Big Leagues
Want
Again
Team
England
I think, as long as I'm in this line of work, I'm always going to be mentioned when Celtic are looking for a new manager.
Henrik Larsson
Work
Long
Looking
Think
Mentioned
New
Always
Line
Manager
Going
Celtic
You're going to watch football all your life - you're going to watch the Champions League and the Europa League - and I don't have a great feeling when I watch the Europa League, but when I watch the Champions League, I have a great feeling.
Henrik Larsson
Life
Great
You
Feeling
Great Feeling
All Your Life
Football
League
Going
Your
Watch
Champions
Champions League
Football is all about self-confidence.
Henrik Larsson
About
Football
Self-Confidence
The thing that is really important is that the players have the drive to do something more with their football. If you have that, you can make a decent player into a very good player.
Henrik Larsson
Good
You
Drive
Important
Something
More
Football
Make
Very
Decent
Really
Thing
Player
Players
I didn't have a clue how big a club Celtic were when I joined.
Henrik Larsson
Big
Club
Joined
How
Were
Celtic
Clue
You learn a lot about yourself when things aren't going well. It's always good to be the underdog.
Henrik Larsson
Good
You
Yourself
About
Underdog
Well
Learn
Always
Lot
Going
Things
I can't be Martin O'Neill; I can't be any of the other coaches - I have to make my own way.
Henrik Larsson
Own
Other
Way
Martin
My Own
Make
Any
Coaches
As long as I am involved in football and doing this work, I am going to be connected to Celtic.
Henrik Larsson
Work
Long
Football
Involved
Am
Doing
Going
Celtic
Connected
Moving to Glasgow from Feyenoord was a life-changing experience.
Henrik Larsson
Experience
Life-Changing
Glasgow
Moving
I didn't have to leave Celtic and go to England for money. It wasn't worth the hassle, and my wife and children felt settled in Glasgow.
Henrik Larsson
Money
Worth
Wife
Settled
Hassle
Glasgow
Felt
Leave
Go
Celtic
Children
England
I was 22, and getting into a World Cup squad is what you dream about as a kid, so finishing third was fantastic.
Henrik Larsson
You
World
Kid
Dream
About
Finishing
Cup
Squad
Getting
Fantastic
World Cup
Third
I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.
Henrik Larsson
Good
Few
Good Managers
Frank
Martin
Had
Name
Ferguson
Managers
Just
Many
Alex
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