Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

Many times, I have been shocked and frightened by human beings. I have experienced delight and revulsion. I have sometimes wanted to forget what I heard, to return to a time when I lived in ignorance. More than once, however, I have seen the sublime in people and wanted to cry.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeIgnorancePeopleSometimesCry

Anybody who has a career is going to have to deal with a rumor in their time, or something that usually isn't true. I have a great team behind me and a family that supports me. I just care too much about my career. I have been working too long to let it slip away for something stupid.

Jesse McCartney

FamilyGreatTimeMeTeamStupid

Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there is a lot at stake in every single interaction.

Mayim Bialik

EgoSingleInteractionProfessors

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.

John Tesh

DreamsBusinessSimplePeopleWorld

ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has ALS. It rarely affects the eyes. It doesn't affect senses like hearing, taste and touch.

Steve Gleason

EyesPeopleProcessTouchHearing

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

Stieg Larsson

YourselfRevengeFriendsDutyRight

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

Sofia Coppola

EndFindTryDifficultyGreatest

I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.

Tom Hiddleston

LoveCommunityActingSeriousRight

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

Lucinda Williams

MyselfProcessWriteFirstOutGet

It's refreshing, if you ask me, to have lengthy conversations with clear, brilliant minds about books, art, and what ought to happen next and how. I love it.

Josh Malerman

LoveArtMeYouMindsBrilliant

I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.

David Stern

WorkBlameRegretProblemDoneUp

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

Ansel Adams

GovernmentFightEnvironmentalOwn

Gold and diamonds are nice, but clean, crisp, controlled water has long been the preeminent hallmark of the rich.

Anthony Doerr

WaterGoldRichDiamondsLongNice

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