Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

To be in conflict with the authorities is one thing. We Russian writers have got used to that. But to be in conflict with your own people - that is truly terrible.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s.

Jessica Simpson

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It's actually not unlike Google at that stage of development. They had an up-and-running site. It wasn't losing very much money, it wasn't making very much money, but it was growing.

John Doerr

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After 'Chen Zhen,' I wanted to make an emotional, touching story.

Andrew Lau

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I was wondering if any of my faith was real at all, and I started to let go of a lot of things that I had learned and say, 'Maybe I just need to start over entirely with what I have learned about my faith.' And that's what I did.

Andy Mineo

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I think human beings are funny, tricky things.

Amy Landecker

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Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.

Rob Lowe

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After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education.

Michael N. Castle

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Don't let anything sneak past you. Don't say, 'Well, oh, I'll take a picture and put it in my photograph album.' I notice it now. I love it now. And I am grateful for it now.

Judith Viorst

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I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.

Jordan Peterson

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I'm from New Orleans, and I know that people do like to sit and talk and drink and, you know, have conversation; you have dialogue.

Desiree Rogers

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Do you go to gym and exercise to music? Before Chubby Checker, that never happened.

Chubby Checker

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I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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