Eyvind Johnson Quotes

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.

Eyvind Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: July 29, 1900 - August 25, 1976

Topics

FindingBackLooksOthersPoetHe

I'm still a news junkie. I mean, I always was, I am now.

Joan Lunden

I AmNewsNowMeanAlwaysStill

I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.

Ann Brashares

LifeBeautifulMistakesDecisions

If I hear someone say something, and they're 100 per cent about it, then it's almost inevitable that I'll take the opposite view. I guess I feel at odds with things like society. Absolutism is always a trigger for me.

Andy Serkis

MeSocietyFeelViewSomeoneSay

I am in favour of migration; I simply want to control the numbers.

Michael Gove

I AmControlNumbersWantMigration

That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work.

Sissy Spacek

WorkNobodyGoSeventiesMagical

We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.

Sibel Edmonds

JusticeResponsibilityPeopleIssues

I don't have an album cover with me on a broomstick.

Tom Felton

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My father was in terrible pain towards the end because of his bed sores, and he did go into hospice, and I think that was better in some ways. You know, I think his death was peaceful, and it was all right. He was just in terrible pain.

Roz Chast

FatherDeathPainThinkEndBetter

No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

TrainingMeMatterTryExploreReal

A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.

Lucy Stone

WifeIdentityHusbandNameLostHer

I can't stay long; I'm in between meals.

Louie Anderson

LongMealsStayBetween

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores.

Joss Whedon

HatePeopleBelieveEnjoyDumbTalk

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