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Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

No book about Soviet sacrifice was as strong as the women's stories I heard as a child.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Women Sacrifice Child Book Strong

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.

Stanley Hauerwas

Truth Sacrifice War Battle You Tell

Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

Start Thought Fighting Political You

When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.

Robert D. Kaplan

Decision Training Fighting Giving

Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.

Job People Think Most Profession

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating endings. The final ending is usually arrived at simply by intuition.

Joyce Carol Oates

Good Time Writing Ending Reputation

I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding.

Place Kind Need Over Grounding

Right now, you hear about teamwork, and it's defined as 50-50, and that is a falsehood. There's no such thing as 50-50. You know, you do whatever you have to do as part of the team.

Teamwork Team You Know Now Right

I come from a long line of sportsmen.

Long Line Come Long Line Sportsmen

I was a fan of baseball growing up. We played baseball; I used to play in an A&P parking lot. It wasn't always easy to find a good baseball field to play in.

Good Baseball Growing Up Find Play

I'm well into sort of Santiago Calatrava and people like that.

People Well Like Sort

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

Good I Am Want Become Old Playing

Wayne, Jon, and the SeventySix Capital team are best in class and committed to building successful companies. Together, by leveraging the full weight of our knowledge, expertise and relationships, we can make a huge impact at home in Philadelphia and around the world.

Home Knowledge Best Together Team

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