Denmark Quotes

• If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.

  Richard G. Wilkinson

  Dream, Motivation, Inspiration

  "TED Global 2011: Forget Glastonbury, this is Nerdstock" by Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2011.

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• Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language.

  Helena Christensen

  Secret, Special, Littles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Disease And Death, Political

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 90

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• We have the opportunity to change Denmark - that opportunity must be seized.

  Helle Thorning-Schmidt

  Opportunity, Opportunity To Change

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Loss, Mind

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• I will remain on the throne until I fall off.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Fall, Thrones

  "Danish Queen Celebrates Milestone". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. January 12, 2012.

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• I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  People, Remember, Anachronism

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• I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Thinking, Want, Refrain

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• There's never a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he's an arrant knave.

  William Shakespeare

  Dwelling, Knavery, Knaves

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 123

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• Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.

  Donella Meadows

  Cutting, Germany, Netherlands

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• We are being challenged by Islam these years. There are some things for which one should display no tolerance. And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Years, Tolerance, Islam

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• I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it.

  Montel Williams

  Travel, Couple, Race

  "Interview: Montel Williams". www.askmen.com.

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• And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Conviction, Convenience, Knows

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• At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match.

  Michel Patini

  Groups, Finals, Winner

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• We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

  Fredrik Bajer

  Two, Achievement, Effort

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• There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Hangover, Player, Games

  "Eriksson goes against his basic instincts" by Kevin McCarra, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2005.

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• I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.

  Paul Robeson

  Long, People, Musical

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

  Maya Lin

  Growing Up, Artist, White

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• Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

  James Broughton

  India, France, Poetic

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• I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age.

  John Evelyn

  Play, Age, Saws

  E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 304 (26 November 1661)

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Money, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Giving, Important, Lucky

  "Exclusive - Bones and Landscapes Inspire Danish Queen's Art". Interview with John Acher, www.reuters.com. January 26, 2012.

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• The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.

  Margrethe II of Denmark

  Painting, Percent

  "Exclusive - Bones and Landscapes Inspire Danish Queen's Art". Interview with John Acher, www.reuters.com. January 26, 2012.

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