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the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
Author
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Oslo
Norway
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Energetic
Faces
Reaction
Happens
Opponents
Become
Extreme
Best
Reactions
Extremes
Happen
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