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Astrid Lindgren Quotes

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

Astrid Lindgren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: swedish
Birth: November 14, 1907 - January 28, 2002

Topics

Mind House Now Clean Need Right

I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.

Work Family World Go Outside See

My sister and I used to act as maids and waitresses at my great aunt and uncle's cocktail parties, which were very much sort of retired, minor stars of the Yiddish theater and the Yiddish opera.

Stars Great Sister Uncle Cocktail

I have to be prepared always and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time, but whenever I see the opportunity, I try to make the most of it.

Opportunity Time Best Be Prepared

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

Life Creativity Darkness Human Like

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

Change Focus You Circumstances

To do eight shows a week saying exactly the same lines, you have to be obsessively perfecting it or utterly mindless.

Saying Week You Same Lines Eight

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.

Me Blessings Long Back Sometimes

The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.

God True Accept Spirit Matter Seems

I do like my sugar at night, but I try to keep it to a minimum.

Night Sugar Try Keep Like Minimum

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

Being Get Layers One Thing Just

Charles Darwin sailed around the world for two years on the 'Beagle,' and he had quite a bit of interest in things like the iguanas of the Galapagos, even though they were primitive compared to your average Englishman.

World Two Years Average Things Your

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Business Giving Study Ruin Products

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