I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break…

I wrote a pilot for myself. It's about a Latina actress trying to make it in Hollywood. It's pretty funny.

— Melonie Diaz

There was a lot I wanted to do. I wasn't an actress out there trying to be an actress. I was really kind of…

— Shannyn Sossamon

Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the same thing.

— Molly Ringwald

Your mind is your spirit; do not seek any other hidden soul inside you! All is in the brain! The depiction of a spirit…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Even at their height, the Scandinavian welfare states left the economy to the private sector—which was then taxed at very high rates to pay…

— Tony Judt

Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show…

— Jo Nesbo

There were tons of bronzed Scandinavian types at the Sorbonne. Marvellously blond and healthy and shining white teeth. Funny thing though, because someone told…

— Charlotte Bingham

“It makes sense that the everyday experience and practice of something like hygge would not be reserved only for Scandinavians, but shared with other…

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated.

— Jo Nesbo

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

— David Korten

Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. … What makes me different from the ‘nazis’ are basically three things; unlike…

— Varg Vikernes

There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no…

— John Henrik Clarke

You forget, when you're in the Scandinavian countries, you forget they don't speak English first and they speak better than I do.

— Doug Stanhope

Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of…

— Camilla Lackberg