Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

'Women's' war has its own colors, its own smells, its own lighting, and its own range of feelings. There are no heroes and incredible feats; there are simply people who are busy doing inhumanly human things.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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WomenWarPeopleColorsBusyDoing

I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.

Andrew Whitworth

TimeMeGameRestYouPlay

Finding out that I was gay when I was older was a shock and a disappointment.

Maurice Sendak

DisappointmentFindingGayOutOlder

I have to say that most of the deals I have done initially were badly received, and after a while, people realised that maybe I was not that wrong.

Stefano Pessina

PeopleWrongDoneSayMostMaybe

I don't think I'll ever be able to grow a beard.

Tom Odell

BeardThinkGrowAbleEver

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

Tony Kaye

EnjoyYouWantWonderfulMovie

Originally, the burden of proof was on physicists to prove that time travel was possible. Now the burden of proof is on physicists to prove there must be a law forbidding time travel.

Michio Kaku

TimeTravelLawBurdenNowPossible

You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

Dougray Scott

GrowUnderstandingYouGrow UpUp

It is time to show the whole world that America is back - bigger and better and stronger than ever before.

Donald Trump

TimeWorldBetterAmericaStronger

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

Woodrow Wilson

LoveFreeRichLibertyPoorNation

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

William Inge

ConsequencesOnlyRewardsPunishments

I wasn't great at a lot of stuff, but I was good at not worrying about being a wrestler.

Shawn Michaels

GoodGreatBeingStuffWorryingLot

Churches, by the very reason of their structures, are monolithic and do not adapt easily. But in many cases, they, too, have allowed themselves to become allied or even part of an unjust establishment or system.

Sean MacBride

AdaptBecomeReasonSystemUnjust

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