Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of a great empire.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: May 31, 1948

Topics

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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

John Dryden

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Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

Mike Johanns

DisciplineCommitmentPurposeLearn

You would be amazed at the pompadour that I was rocking in the first job I had on the soap opera called 'Loving,' my first contract job.

Michael Weatherly

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It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.

Disha Patani

GoodTeamSmallI CanKnowMatter

My mom and dad both would grow vegetables. So, when I delivered my baby, we went there, and she would cook a lot, and we would eat all the vegetables from their garden.

Doutzen Kroes

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I like to think of myself as a tough kid.

Christian Pulisic

MyselfToughThinkKidLike

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.

Woody Allen

MistakesYouKnowHarvardTaught

We did a student-initiated project of 'A Little Night Music', which was the first time that all of the divisions - music, dance, drama, opera - came together and put on a piece. It was a black box kind of feel. We had to get costumes that were pieced together. We had our own lighting that we finagled.

Phillipa Soo

MusicTimeTogetherDanceNight

I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine.

Nina Bawden

FriendMotherStreetSheTellUp

In person, George W. Bush is extremely forceful. He has a restless energy when he sits in a chair, and nearly leaps out of it when making certain points.

Rich Lowry

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The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

Kenneth L. Pike

ManMindSmallUniverseBeyondMore

I do find it odd people choose to do stuff that makes them look like crazy Hollywood faces, but I've got zero judgment.

Julie Bowen

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