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Hallgrimur Helgason Quotes

Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.

Hallgrimur Helgason

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: icelander
Birth: February 18, 1959

Topics

Me Writing Country Create Distance

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

Risks You Country Go Rock Take

My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.

Mother Character Job I Am Face Now

I can be much more creative with my menus in the casino cities. In New York, there are certain things I can't make. In Las Vegas, they're much more receptive. Rabbit, some seafoods - they won't necessarily do well in New York, but I'll try them in Las Vegas, and they'll be a success.

Success Creative New York Vegas New

Managing your own property can be a full-time job.

Robert Kiyosaki

Job Property Own Your Full-Time Job

I'm not disciplined at all. I barely function. But I get a lot done. I take days off all the time, but when I work, I work very fast and very efficiently. But I'm always having days when I'm feeling a little anxious, and I take a day off. I work in a funny way.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Work Funny Time Day Fast Done

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Louis D. Brandeis

Respect Law Legal Desire First Must

My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making music. Make so much music you have no friends. Make music. Figure out what it is you love, and... because if you're making cool art, then everything else will fall into line.

Love Music Time Art People Cool

Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.

Time Need Right Always Last Resist

The business of horror movies goes up and down, and people are always like, 'It's working,' 'It's not working,' but generally, I think if you make a good movie that's scary, people will come.

Good Business People Think You Down

I think it's good to have competition.

Christian Pulisic

Good Competition Think I Think

Before shows, we rub elbows and growl. It started once when someone had a cold, and we didn't want to hug each other. So we started rubbing elbows. And we don't kiss. We just go, 'Grrrr!'

Christine McVie

Kiss Cold Someone Hug Go Want

Ric Flair, as great was and a hard worker as he was, he just tends to get lost in the ring.

Great Lost Ring Hard Get Just

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