A lot of Finnish people are laid-back and quiet and that's how I am. I've never seen any reason to change myself. — Teemu Pukki Copy Share Image
In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all. — Hannes Holm Copy Share Image
“Minussa on yksinäisyyden haiseva tunkio ja surun poltinmerkki minussa on arpia vihasta ja erakkosanojen humala” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A conversation in English in Finnish and in French can not be held at the same time nor with indifference ever or… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
It's also interesting to notice that most of the best Finnish speculative writers are women. — Toni Jerrman Copy Share Image
“me olemme kuin vanha aviopari sanot hiljaa emme me ole ei tällä määrällä eripuraa tule keistään vanhaa avioparia” — Arno Kotro Copy Share Image
“Kun olet lapsi mene metsään. Sydämesi on kipeä. Mene kasvaaksesi. Se on kylmää kyytiä. Siellä on karhuja ja oksia.” — Miki Liukkonen Copy Share Image
“Ei,” he said, shaking his head. “En puhu suomea.” No, he said in Finnish. I don’t speak Finnish.” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I'm going to look into opening a chain of… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
“Pearls' burst out the Snork Maiden excitedly. 'Could ankle rings be made out of pearls?' 'I should think they could,' said Moomintoll.… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“keltainen kasvoni on sininen, on sulki, valokuvissa vahva on varjo on mustelma on jäljitelmä väkivallasta sivuprofiilimaalaus ja violetti varjostus on sinun sanasi… — Maaria Päivinen Copy Share Image
It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“What’s there in Finland?” his boss asked. “Sibelius, Aki Kaurismäki films, Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin.” Tsukuru listed all the names of famous Finnish… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I hardly follow the Finnish metal scene at all at the moment. I'm more interested in traditional '80s heavy metal, and I'm… — Jussi Lehtisalo Copy Share Image
Virtually, Finnish woods are stripped so bare, so sold out and first and foremost, so long way off from genuine diverse natural… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
Finnish forests: Let us remind the satellite pictures of the 1970's winter in which the old forest appeared black and young forest… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
One of the interesting characteristics of the Ego Tunnel is that it creates (as Finnish philosopher Antti Revonsuo called it) a robust… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Love leaped out in front of us like a murderer in an alley leaping out of nowhere, and struck us both at… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
My Finnish is... I'm sounding like a three-year-old, at my best. It's super hard to really have a conversation, unfortunately. I know… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
When you used to be able to express yourself as an adult in your own language, or as I can do in… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
“In one of our conversations, she told me about Finland’s development of sisu, a rough cognate for grit. Etymologically, sisu denotes a… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
“Craftsman Ilmarinen wept Every evening for his woman, Weeping sleepless through the nights And fasting through the days; In the early hours… — Elias Lönnrot Copy Share Image
In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
Believe yourself in everything that you do,never loose hope,coz the finnish-line must just be laying ahead. — Jamsta E Ngugz Copy Share Image
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