Tove Jansson Quotes

Mummy weighed sweets and nuts so that everyone would get exactly the same amount. During the year, everything is measured roughly, but at Christmas, it has to be absolutely fair. That's why it's such a strenuous time.

Tove Jansson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: finnish
  • Birth: August 9, 1914 - June 27, 2001

Topics

TimeYearWhyChristmasFairNuts

I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'

Jim Carrey

MeBetterLoseBackGoWant

I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

Andrew Scott

I AmThinkYouPersonPrivacyActor

Kids are truthful by nature.

Anna Chlumsky

NatureTruthfulKids

In dancing, you can work hard and improve and see the results. With acting, you can work hard, and it's still luck of the draw.

Sonoya Mizuno

WorkLuckWork HardYouActingSee

People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

Robert Carlyle

TalentPeopleAppreciateGetMade

The process of making a wedding cake is complex on its own, from designing, mis-en-place, baking, frosting, structuring, decorating, to delivering.

Ron Ben-Israel

CakeProcessWeddingBakingOwn

I started in improv and went into different kinds of things.

Mary Steenburgen

ImprovThingsStartedDifferent

I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really who I am.

Missy Peregrym

BaseballI AmRedGoCapT-Shirt

We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespeare, it's still entertainment. We're just entertaining people. We're just doing the stuff that comes on in between the ads.

Julia Stiles

PeopleBrainDoingYouEntertainment

If few worlds have microbial life, it dramatically reduces the chances that more complex organisms exist.

Debra Fischer

LifeMoreComplexExistChancesFew

I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes.

Deborah Kerr

BeautifulEyesI AmCowSameJersey

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

Claudette Colbert

LaughDieRather

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