Helen Dunmore Quotes

I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the literature and the history to the place.

Helen Dunmore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017

Topics

AgeHistoryCultureMeLanguage

We need do no more than repeat: only under communism does the individual become himself and lead his own life.

Johann Most

LifeCommunismBecomeMoreNeedOwn

A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.

Jeffrey Kluger

FamilyOpinionFairnessPhoneOut

Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.

Stanley Crouch

HumanityCollectiveDemocraticAble

What, exactly, did Sjahrir do for the Republic? ... His entire underground effort can be summed up by saying that he sat quietly and safely away somewhere listening to a clandestine radio.

Sukarno

EffortListeningSayingRadioUpHe

I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.

Mary Steenburgen

LoveMomThinkThoughtKnowKind

Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh.

Mike Newell

RomanticWriteFreshBecause

Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.

Miep Gies

PeopleLookTroubleOftenToo

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

David Walliams

GentlemanKnowTraitsLikeRetired

When my baby was born, I felt like somebody had spiked my drink, and I suddenly was so full of love that it was a little bit as if I was drugged. I didn't think that anyone could feel that way.

Anne-Marie Duff

LoveBabyThinkFeelBornWay

Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy.

Philip Treacy

MomentI AmHatBelieveWedding

Socialism and Communism are extremely attractive to a superficial observer. It is not until you get into the details, or actually experience it, that it becomes apparent that it does not work.

Thomas Peterffy

WorkExperienceCommunismSocialism

The more we understand what happens in living cells, the more incredibly powerful you realize things can be when they work from the bottom up, by interaction of one molecule and another.

Richard Smalley

WorkYouPowerfulLivingUnderstand

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