"If I have brightened up one single sad……" — Astrid Lindgren
"If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life."
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24 Quotes by Astrid Lindgren
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If I have managed to brighten up even one gloomy childhood – then I’m satisfied.
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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and…
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And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child.…
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Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination.
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What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are…
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I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard…
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I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.
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There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of…
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I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to…
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I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not…
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Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.
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Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was…
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
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