Karin Fossum I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community – the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don’t know what it would be like. – Karin Fossum City Quotes Community Quotes Frankly Quotes Intimately Quotes Norwegian Quotes Rural Quotes Set Quotes Setting Quotes Write Quotes I believe I could commit a crime. We all can. It depends on which situations we find ourselves in. In despair, I would steal food if my children were hungry. I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It’s such a blow.
Feist I’d been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I’d just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It’s like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you’d get really curious about what your left arm was capable of. – Feist
Orson Welles When television came along, I’d already done more than 10 years of radio work and I thought everyone would want me. I sat around waiting for the phone to ring – and it didn’t. – Orson Welles
David Petraeus I refuse to use terms like ‘optimist’ or ‘pessimist’ and instead prefer ‘realist.’ – David Petraeus
Pavel Nedved A regret? That I never played for Manchester United, I’d have liked that. – Pavel Nedved
Julia Hartley-Brewer Whatever age we die, we will cost the NHS money. It’s the dying, not the ageing, that racks up the medical bills. So why not hope to live as long as possible? – Julia Hartley-Brewer
Matthew Hussey We’ve all grown wary of being lied to online – let’s face it, dudes are always exaggerating their heights – so trust is a hot commodity. – Matthew Hussey
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