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From the age of 11, I was cleaning floors, washing dishes, making sandwiches and being a cashier. Survival was the name of the game. Life was so hard that I had to struggle to keep up my standards. Under these conditions, I didn't think about science too much. ”
Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates. ”
Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us. ”
We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices. We leave our families behind to chase our dreams, too. ”
I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song. ”
You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened. ”
A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs. ”
He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone. ”
But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media. ”
Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated. ”