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Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

When people talk, it matters how they place words next to each other.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Words People Place Talk Matters How

Logistically, moving from Miami and New Orleans all the way to Seattle isn't the easiest thing. Really, for my dog, she was kind of the biggest hurdle to get here.

Dog Moving Miami New Kind Way

Being an actor has always been my dream.

Dream Actor Always Being Been

Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.

World Proud Watches Everyone Arabs

Customers want high-quality food, good service, and good store experience, and most retailers fail to deliver on those.

Good Food Service Experience Want

A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.

Egg Sitting Royal China Hen

The glamorous side is SUVs, but frankly, the tractor side is where we are number one in the world.

World Side Tractor Glamorous Where

The worst thing you want is a willy-nilly judge who is swayed by the political whims of the era or the time. What you want is a judge who is thinking about what he or she is doing and is thinking about it in a principled way.

Sonia Sotomayor

Time Thinking Political Judge Doing

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

Jazz First Record Jazz Record

It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this world which will still be here.

World Bridges Long Buildings Build

I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in.

Reading Think You Person Important

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.

Life People Insight Real Seem Where

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

Dennis Eckersley

Change Today Face Think You Nice

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