Small Countries Quotes - Page 3

• Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

  Maj Sjowall

  Country, Jobs, Sweden

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• I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to do with publishing houses in the West. I lived in complete isolation.

  Hassan Blasim

  Country, Publishing House, Europe

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital goes beyond its borders.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Country, New York, Real

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• I got to dislike parties, like Jefferson and Madison. I think they're harmful. But the system is flawed so badly. I like what Plato said, long ago. Democracy is fit only for a small country. Can't survive in a large country.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Country, Plato, Party

  "Verge Q+A: Dr. Jack Kevorkian". Interview with Howie Kahn, www.gq.com. June 28, 2010.

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• Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Country, Responsibility, Unions

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the strongest currency and the largest financial center for foreign assets. And we're a small country with no natural resources. Switzerland is the world capital of dealing in stolen goods.

  Jean Ziegler

  Country, Switzerland, Income

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.

  Michel Ocelot

  Country, Office, Hollywood

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Sometimes all you need is to climb a simple hill, to spend time staring at an empty horizon, to jump into a cold river or sleep under the stars, or perhaps share a whisky at a small country inn in order to remind yourself what matters most to you in life.

  Alastair Humphreys

  Country, Stars, Sleep

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• Denmark is a country built on a commercial fleet. That's basically what we have been doing. We're just a small country of islands, and every family has a sailor.

  Tobias Lindholm

  Country, Islands, Sailor

  Source: collider.com

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• When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew everybody. Now, we are very much like the rest of the world, especially with the arrival of the internet.

  Michala Petri

  Country, World, Denmark

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• Britain is a very small country with a very large press.

  David Hockney

  Country, Britain, Presses

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