Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008

Topics

FailureTruthMistakesSelfishSee

One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the viewer.

Anish Kapoor

ArtI AmPeopleMakeEvenConcerned

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

Stephen Fry

LoveStandGenderSameCannot

My goal is just to be real and bring people good music and let them enjoy the music that I bring.

Stefflon Don

GoodMusicPeopleEnjoyGoalReal

It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.

Mary Steenburgen

StrengthCharacterAloneWomanEasy

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

Michael Shermer

HopeScienceBestSurvivalValues

Appearances are not truth. But every politician knows that his or her image, as well as his or her actions, can make the difference between failure and success.

Mimi Kennedy

SuccessFailureTruthImageHer

Fantasy sports went a long way toward developing the sabermetrics formulas used not only by oddsmakers but general managers in hiring players. So the amateur fantasists ended up creating some of the algorithms that Oakland GM Billy Bean's statisticians used to win games with less salary money available for star players.

Douglas Rushkoff

SportsMoneyWinLongCreatingWay

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

Colin Hay

MotherSongsQuiteLotFeatures

There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes.

Winston Duke

DownStereotypesAlwaysGangAlong

I can't imagine doing anything cooler or better than what we did on 'The Stage' and felt like we're firing on all cylinders.

Synyster Gates

BetterDoingStageAnythingImagine

I tend to fly a bit under the radar.

Paul Stanley

FlyRadarTendBit

People should have values, so by extension, a company should. And one of the things you do is give back. So how do you give back? We give back through our work in the environment, in running the company on renewable energy. We give back in job creation.

Tim Cook

WorkJobPeopleEnergyYouValues

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