Bjork Quotes
Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
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Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.
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But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.
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Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
