Maybe it should have changed me more [to become a mother, ed.]. I sometimes wonder if I was at home enough with my children, but it’s no use now, because it can’t be helped. They have survived.
Over the years, those who have seemed to me to be the most happy, contented and fulfilled have always been the people who have lived the most outgoing and unselfish lives.
The one who comes first to the mill gets milled first
One of the worst things that can happen to a journalist is a belief in authority.
Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.
Lotto is a tax for stupid people. An extra tax.
If you are not ready to go all the way, why go anywhere at all.
He treats the bike like an old mean bitch that deserves it.
Remember, when you point a finger at someone there are three more pointing back at you.
We just have to go out and shout as loud as we can
If you’re a giver, remember to learn your limits. Because the takers don’t have any.
If you have to improvise, you have to be well prepared.
If one is silent for too long, then the tongue withers
I don’t dress up for boys. I dress up to stare at my reflection as I walk by store windows.
My biggest beauty secret is to be happy with myself. I don’t use special creams or treatments – I use a little bit of everything. It’s a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I think a lot of how you look has to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the secret of beauty.
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Too much learning can crack even the freshest!
My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be home.
If you can not join them, beat them.
I thought I was stone rich, so I poured money out with both hands – and now I owe right and left.
His shiny ice flashes like the sword of Athens in the setting French evening sun.
I don’t hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hate the sexy image, hate the pictures of me on stage, hate the big vulgar person. On stage, I act the whole time I’m there. As soon as I come out of those songs, I’m Tina again.
I am completely overwhelmed. It’s a good thing you don’t turn 100 every day. Even though I don’t have that much energy anymore, I still want to take a few more years.
At my age, you think about the afterlife. I’m mostly inclined to think there’s nothing there, but sometimes I can’t help but let my imagination run wild. My good friend Ulla Steen says she believes that all of us who like each other meet in the big angel bar where we are expected. I see myself arriving at the angel bar, and there’s my father, my husband and my son, and one of them says: “There’s Lise. Now we are four again for a l’hombre.
The winner blames himself. The loser blames others.