Iceland Quotes - Page 3

• I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.

  Hannah Kent

  Stories, Firsts, Students

  Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.232, Pan Macmillan

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• Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Men, Thinking, Japan

  "Satires (satire 8)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

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• Iceland's Women's Day Off in 1975 saw 90% of Icelandic women take time off from their paid and unpaid work, an experience that not only showed women how much they contribute but turned Icelandic men into supporters of gender equality. I aim to achieve the same impact in the UK.

  Catherine Mayer

  Men, Impact, Saws

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• It's the reason why so many people left Britain like I did in the mid 60s because Britain was exactly the same then as America is today, getting ready to redistribute social wealth and it didn't work. You've seen that in places like Greece, Portugal, Iceland, Ireland where the entire country's business has collapsed, gone bankrupt. That's where America is heading.

  Robin Leach

  Country, America, People

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that.

  Werner Herzog

  Korea, Netflix, Saws

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• A possibility is that we see more and more leverage, and credit-to-GDP ratios rise once more to even higher levels; eventually the banking systems of all advanced economies reach magnitudes of 500 percent, 1000 percent or more of GDP, so that every economy starts to have financial systems that resemble recent cases like Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, or Cyprus. That might be a very fragile world to live in.

  Alan M. Taylor

  Gdp, Switzerland, Banking

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Maybe [Iceland] could be sort of a testing ground for solutions because we are few and because we are really a tech-oriented nation. Everybody is a gadget freak. We spend a lot of time indoors.

  Birgitta Jonsdottir

  Gadgets, Freak, Testing

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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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, Library, Festivals

  Source: wwd.com

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• Travelling with work. I went to Iceland with GMTV last year and I went to Lapland twice with Classic Gold. I also went to America with Keith Chegwin, which must have been a nightmare for the crew, as we're both hyperactive.

  Tony Blackburn

  America, Years, Gold

  The MIRROR Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 25, 2007.

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• Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.

  Devendra Banhart

  Baby, Children, Chinese

  "Song: 'Chinese Children' ('Cripple Crow')". 2005.

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• No, my favorite scene was Brienne finding Arya and The Hound. I thought that the writing and the dialogue and the confusion that spirals into the fight was such a cool scene. I knew I was gonna film it in Iceland and I did a lot of - I really scouted and climbed around Iceland to find those locations and I just couldn't wait to do that.

  Alex Graves

  Writing, Fighting, Confusion

  Source: collider.com

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• Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.

  Ray LaHood

  Spain, World, Levels

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I'm seldom restricted by anything because I don't know how to restrict myself. It's a blessing and a curse. I feel a lot of support from people in Iceland, especially from people that are content with themselves and their life.

  Olof Arnalds

  Blessing, People, Support

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I can go wherever, to Kuala Lumpur or wherever, and if somebody will ask me where I'm from and I say I'm from Iceland, they say, "Yeah, Björk." And that makes me very proud, and that makes me proud to be an Icelandic artist.

  Jon Gnarr

  Artist, Proud, Yeah

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I've been to the Himalayas a half a dozen times and I love it. I'm just kind of tired of going literally twelve time zones around the world. I would rather go six time zones and get to Iceland or whatever it is.

  James Balog

  Tired, Time Zones, Twelve

  Source: collider.com

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• Icy glares from vampires are far icier than icy glares from people and when the vampire giving you an icy glare is originally from Iceland, you're confronted with the archetypal origin of the term, and you shouldn't be surprised if your core body temperature drops a few degrees.

  Kevin Hearne

  People, Giving, Vampire

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• The Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.

  James Lovelock

  Environmental, Population, Survivor

  "James Lovelock, the Prophet" by Jeff Goodell, www.rollingstone.com. November 1, 2007.

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