It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.
Take from the poor and give to the rich – and the land will become richer. Take from the rich, and give to the poor – and the land will become poorer. The poor have it in them to scrape the money away.
I have an agreement with Lilholt and Olsen that we always play a Dalton song when we’re out on a solo tour, as it costs 280 kroner in Koda tax. It’s not much, but for them it’s a lot.
Cyclists live with pain. If you can’t handle it you will win nothing.
I think now it’s a bit of a shame the real blondes are on the verge of extinction.
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying.
My family is so poor that we combined my father’s funeral with my 50th birthday.
Sportsmanship for me is when a player leaves the field and you can’t tell if the player has won or lost. When the player exudes pride regardless of the result.
Only women, children, and dogs are loved unconditionally. A man is only loved under the condition he provides something.
Use your success, wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose.
I’ve never tried that before, so I can probably do it well!
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
I wish I was a cow eating grass in a field. No rent. No job. No college. Just moo.
I’m attracted to myths.
If we think that the way we live is good enough, then we’re completely wrong. You have to be able to doubt so that you can see that it can be done differently.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired at the age of eighteen.
I’m not wise, but the beginnings of wisdom are there; it’s like relaxing into – and accepting – things.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
I don’t dress up for boys. I dress up to stare at my reflection as I walk by store windows.
My uncle always said: There are two kinds of music: country and western.
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
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.
Of course, I have nothing against the language changing, but there must be reasonableness in it, so that it does not become a mere gas can. On the other hand, new words are sometimes added that I wouldn’t do without – for example, “smug”. It’s my new favorite word. It’s a wonderfully oily word, a precise word that covers a certain type of person with a high degree of self-confidence in their own abilities.
One must have a big nose to be able to smell something.
The women’s struggle today is an individual struggle (…) You can’t demand equal pay if you also want to have a long maternity leave, stay at home when they are sick and be there primarily for the children.