Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

We thought we'd leave communism behind, and everything would turn out fine. But it turns out you can't leave this and become free, because these people don't understand what freedom is.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FreedomPeopleCommunismThoughtYou

I'm a cereal lover. I could eat it in the morning, in the evening, and at night - I love Cheerios.

Jimmy Scott

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Online fundraising is so important to the Democratic Party.

John Byrne

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It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant.

Jennifer Connelly

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I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

Mayim Bialik

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I'm concerned about people being happy.

Matt Stone

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I can't watch a movie and watch just two minutes and turn it off, then go talk to my girlfriend.

John Singleton

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I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.

Tom Wolfe

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Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.

Mike White

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I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's because I've held it back for so long that it's made me a little bit of angst inside. It's kind of like this energy needs to come out. And there's a certain sense, you know, of freedom when I get on that stage.

Liv Warfield

FreedomMeEnergyThinkLongYou

Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.

Dick Cavett

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Your tax returns on a yearly basis don't tell you what you're worth. What they show is what your income is.

Corey Lewandowski

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It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

Bobby Charlton

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