I’m a Scandinavian Midwest
I’m a Scandinavian Midwest girl who doesn’t always know what’s going on in herself emotionally, which is why I make music in order to figure it out. Erika M. Anderson
Scandinavians
A dash derives from
A dash derives from to dash, to shatter, strike violently, to throw suddenly or violently, hence to throw carelessly in or on, hence to write carelessly or suddenly, to add or insert suddenly or carelessly to or in the page. To dash comes from Middle English daschen, itself probably from Scandinavian-compare Danish daske, to beat, … Read more
But if I were
But if I were asked to pick one constant, one quality that seems dependable, immutable, endlessly available, I’d say that it was intensity. For nothing in Sicily seems withheld, done half way, restrained or suppressed. There’s nothing to correspond to say, the ironic, the cerebral remove at which a Frenchman might consider an idea or … Read more
More humane societies are
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. David Korten
They say that the
They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the ’50s and ’60s is Scandinavian or Milanese. Christian Lacroix
You can count on
You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style. Chris Abani
There were tons of
There were tons of bronzed Scandinavian types at the Sorbonne. Marvellously blond and healthy and shining white teeth. Funny thing though, because someone told me that if you actually go to Scandinavia none of the people who actually live there look like that. It’s just a front they put up when they’re abroad. Charlotte Bingham
Scandinavian crime fiction has
Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English. Camilla Lackberg
I thought I could
I thought I could organise freedom/How Scandinavian of me. Bjork
We still retain in
We still retain in Britain a deeper sense of class, a more obvious social stratification, and stronger class resentments, than any of the Scandinavian, Australasian, or North American countries. Anthony Crosland