Finland Quotes

I ran for myself, not Finland.

Paavo Nurmi
- Myself
- Ran
- Finland
I was starting a group of musicians and we had a group of young composers in Finland back in the '70s, and the real conductors, the professional conductors at the time were not interested in our stuff.

Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Real
- Musician
- Interested

Living in Finland as a singer of Nightwish, I'm used to having people around me all the time that know who I am. In the Netherlands, people never really knew or cared or whatever.

Floor Jansen Nightwish
- People
- Singer
- Finland
I might move to Finland, at least for a while, to learn the language a bit better, 'cause you don't learn any language better than in the country itself.

Floor Jansen Nightwish
- Language
- Learn
- Move
To fall asleep in your embrace,Land of our dreams, what bliss,O you our cradle, you our grave,You the new hope we ever crave,Peninsula so beautiful,Finland for aye our all!

Aleksis Kivi
- Hope
- Embrace
- Grave
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.

Renny Harlin
- Action
- Actors
- Dollars
I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

Renny Harlin
- Reviews
- Papers
- Finland
It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s.

Renny Harlin