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“Swedes, we are not - Russians, we do not want to become ... so let us be Finnish.”

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Author:Adolf Ivar Arwidsson

“Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army”

Country Poor Army Raises Historical Toasts Finnish

Author:Joseph Stalin

“A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.”

Said Government Film Actors Institutions Foundation Movie Fund Filmmaking They Said Screenplays Finnish

Author:Renny Harlin

“I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn Türoque, the world's perennial second-place air guitar champion. Whoever this Dan Crane might be, he's captured the mad, seductive spirit of the arbitrary skill contest perfectly, and rocks it hard into the hot Finnish night. There is no number of umlauts that do this Jekyll and Hyde of air-rocking justice.”

“Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your ears.”

Way Ends Language Ears Setting Settings Over You Caps Benches Fur Finnish

Author:Paavo Haavikko

“A God in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

Two Hands Faith Latin Almighty Polish Adages Idiom Finnish Great Beer Time Proverbs Spanish Proverb Italian Proverb Latin Phrases Latin Proverb Two Birds Latin And Greek

Book:Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith

Source: Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith

“They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.”

Mean Faces Language Guts Strongest Spit Athletics Offence Track And Field Finnish Verbal Abuse Words Can Hurt

Author:Arthur Lydiard