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Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

There are many oral historians in America, but my books are made using the rules of novel writing. I have a beginning, a plot, characters.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Beginning Writing America Rules Plot

Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.

Ideas Direction Party Bold New Know

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?

Team Choose Television Go Settle

'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is, to my mind, a work of perfect genius.

Work Mind Genius Perfect Afraid

The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

Time Miserable Keep Only Only Time

My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

Good Father Man Good Man Farmer She

As a documentary filmmaker, I'm very respectful, and my interview style is not intrusive. I don't really have an agenda. I just go in there, I mumble something or other, I wait for them to speak, and I wait for them to stop.

Style Wait Speak Stop Go Interview

Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was working or not.

Loved Better Nothing Real Film Who

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

Money Think Why Games Risk Need

There are times when you sit down, and you're just like, 'Man, I don't know if I can do it right now.' Take a second - go to the woods and just hang out, or go to Yosemite and check it out. Be in nature for a little while; clock out - which is super healthy, especially for creative types. Honestly, for everyone. Everyone needs that at times.

Nature Man Creative Woods You Down

Nuclear talks are not about nuclear capability. They are about Iranian integrity and dignity.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Integrity Dignity Capability Nuclear

I live half the year in Nigeria, the other half in the U.S. But home is Nigeria - it always will be. I consider myself a Nigerian who is comfortable in the world. I look at it through Nigerian eyes.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Home Live Eyes Myself World Year

I still have moments when I close myself in, but I wouldn't be on the path that I am with the career that I've had if I didn't have a deep understanding of the sense of my inner freedom.

Freedom Path Myself I Am Deep Sense

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