Boris Pasternak Quotes

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.

Boris Pasternak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: January 29, 1890 - May 30, 1960

Topics

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Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.

Joel Embiid

TimeMePlayGoWantMore

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.

Andrew Young

LearnYouLivingTalkNonsenseEven

I think it is likely that within every department there are some officers who subtly, if not otherwise, are biased in the way they go about enforcing the law. I think that is just life. We know that to be true.

Jeff Sessions

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When I come to visit my mom - every two or three months - I generally spend five or six hours with her each day. She's always immensely glad to see me, her eldest child, her only son.

Michael Dirda

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Like David Copperfield, I was born amidst poverty and grew up in poverty. I did not own shoes. I did not bathe in water from a tap. I did no know about forks and spoons.

Sukarno

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I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same.

Sonia Rykiel

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For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

Rob Portman

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English is my first language, but musically speaking, I write my music in Spanish.

Romeo Santos

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There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs.

Jon Pardi

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What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.

Pramila Jayapal

OpportunityGreatCommitmentAmerica

Having to go through an intervention and family counseling is a wonderful experience. I would almost recommend it to anybody. It opens a lot of communication, and it opens old sores, but once it is opened and hashed out, the rewards are far greater.

Susan Ford

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We have a lot of systems here on board the space station, and we can't call a repair man when one of them breaks.

Scott Kelly

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