Denmark Quotes - Page 2

• Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

  Maya Lin

  Growing Up, Artist, White

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• Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

  James Broughton

  India, France, Poetic

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• I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.

  Paul Robeson

  Long, People, Musical

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

  Fredrik Bajer

  Two, Achievement, Effort

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• There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Hangover, Player, Games

  "Eriksson goes against his basic instincts" by Kevin McCarra, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2005.

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• As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?

  Viggo Mortensen

  Pockets, Who Cares, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Farewell, farewell," said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he had a nest over the window of a house in which dwelt the writer of fairy tales. The swallow sang "Tweet, tweet," and from his song came the whole story.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Country, Song, Farewell

  Hans Christian Andersen (1901). “Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Complete)”, p.811, Library of Alexandria

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• The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Painting, Percent

  "Exclusive - Bones and Landscapes Inspire Danish Queen's Art". Interview with John Acher, www.reuters.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Giving, Important, Lucky

  "Exclusive - Bones and Landscapes Inspire Danish Queen's Art". Interview with John Acher, www.reuters.com. January 26, 2012.

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• I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age.

  John Evelyn

  Play, Age, Saws

  E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 304 (26 November 1661)

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Money, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• [On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage.

  Bette Midler

  Country, Europe, Cottages

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• The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning.

  Howard Gardner

  Country, Teacher, Japan

  "The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2011.

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• Denmark and the UK are in agreement that our future prosperity depends on stimulating green growth, and getting off the oil hook.

  Chris Huhne

  Agreement, Oil, Growth

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• People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Mother, Dad, Father

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.

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• English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should be a discipline, certainly growing from England and France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, and the Native traditions, particularly because those helped form the American canon. Those are our backgrounds. And then we'd be doing it the way it ought to be done. And someday I hope that it will be.

  Paula Gunn Allen

  Views, Ethnicity, Discipline

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• The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soled
  shoes! Denmark's sanctuaried Jews!

  Marianne Moore

  Shoes, White, Dancing

  Marianne Moore (1994). “Complete Poems”, p.132, Penguin

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• I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.

  Judy LaMarsh

  Country, Government, Political

  Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart

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• Denmark (also called Norway) is best known as the original home of the prune Danish as well as the Vikings, who wore hats with horns sticking out of them, and for a very good reason: they were insane.

  Dave Barry

  Home, Insane, Norway

  "Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need". Book by Dave Barry, 1991.

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• This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.

  John Helm

  Football, Cups, Firsts

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• Katie Paterson introduced the project [ Future Library ] to a handful of writers at a very fine international literary festival in Denmark at the Louisiana Museum, I sent her an e-mail when I got back to Iceland, saying, "It's a wonderful project.

  Sjon

  Museums, Iceland, Library

  Source: wwd.com

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• I'd say that Holland, Sweden, and Denmark are all better countries politically than the United States. The average person is far better off in one of those countries than he is in the United States and poverty of the sort that we have is absolutely unknown in Northern Europe.

  Gore Vidal

  Country, Average, Europe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Danes are causing a bit of trouble. The kingdom of Denmark claimed the North Pole as their own. Hey, you can't just reach out and take something if you want it, Denmark. That's Russia's job.

  Craig Ferguson

  Jobs, Russia, Hey

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• The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And in Denmark every single one of them is engaged and willing to do whatever it takes to get Denmark to be a leader in electric vehicles.

  Shai Agassi

  Government, Electric Vehicles, People

  "In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars" by Nelson D. Schwartz, www.nytimes.com. December 1, 2009.

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• I was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by many Muslims as an attempt by Denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards Islam or the Prophet Mohammed.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Islam, Cartoon, Insult

  "Rasmussen 'to give Turkey senior posts in Nato'" by Bruno Waterfied, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 6, 2009.

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