They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
I was mortified that she disappeared before me, sitting at her writing desk, surrounded by classical music. A cerut in hand and a glass of whisky within reach.
It is better to have clean nails than soil between the ears.
Sometimes it’s strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I’m surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but no one wants to know about me.
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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.
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.
No matter how many grains of gold I serve you, you keep eating oatmeal, and I can’t become my problem.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
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.
Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.
Never listen to girls on how to get girls. If you’re trying to catch fish you don’t ask another fish. You ask the Fisherman.
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
Der er kun én succes – at kunne tilbringe dit liv på din egen måde.
When you are extra strong, you have a special obligation to be sweet to others
When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times…I learned very early in life that: ‘Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend – without a song.’ So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.
I only earn 11 kroner per trip I sell, but it also becomes a part when I sell a million trips a year.
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.
You may have had fun at the time teasing, but in fact it wasn’t much fun to be teased. But I thank you, somewhere, for having done it, because it made me take up something that I love to this day – and that no one, then or now, can take me away from.
It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
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.