"Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves better."

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Source : Halldór Laxness (2003). “Iceland's Bell”, Vintage

HalldÃ³r Laxness

#Country Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Deserve Better Quotes

“Man I just ended up on everybody guestlist. Iâ€™m just doing better than what everybody projected.”
“Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us will win Olympic gold medals or slay dragons, disease can be the spark or gift that allows many of us to live out our personal myths and become heroes.”
“Crazy isnÂ´t always what they say it is. ItÂ´s not always the old woman wearing sneakers and a skirt and a scarf, wandering around with a shopping cart, hollering at no one, nothing, tumbling through years in her head. No. Sometimes it is a girl wearing boots and jeans and a sweater, arms crossed in front of her, shivering, wandering through the streets at night, all night, murmuring to no one, nothing, tumbling through the strange unreal dimensions in her head.”
“Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.”
“Television is interesting, in that the pace is quicker and you can see your work more quickly than with movies. And then, with the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.”
“I've got no problem with octopuses. It's bugs and spiders that I don't like. Octopuses are cute, in their own 'nature did a lot of drugs' sort of way." - Becks”
“To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.”
“I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.”

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