Natan Sharansky Quotes

This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.

Natan Sharansky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: January 20, 1948

Topics

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In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.

Joel Kinnaman

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As a producer and director, I've tried for years to get properties off the ground for girls, and I've been hitting a brick wall.

Melanie Mayron

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I've been inspired by Coco Chanel. She broke all the rules of her time when she was designing. She pretty much revolutionized the way that women dressed at the time, and in doing that, she modernized the way they looked because they could move more freely in their clothes.

Maureen Chiquet

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I lost my moorings. But you know the great thing about acting? It's all part of the gig. You get to put it in your work.

Jeffrey Tambor

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The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

Jean Paul Gaultier

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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Stephen Hawking

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My next fight is always the most important fight, so regardless if I'm fighting for the title or not, I always have to go in there and give everything that I've got.

Jose Aldo

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I love Wal-Mart, and not just because my record is there. You can get some things there that you cannot find at Saks or Bergdorf's or other upscale stores.

Aretha Franklin

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When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

Alicia Keys

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I'm a portrait photographer that's used to shooting celebrities, and I usually need time and all kinds of lights and a studio to set up my shots.

Platon

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Women are the most denigrated social group in the Soviet Union. The idea of women's emancipation is only a slogan in - but also, I should say, in many places outside - the Soviet Union. But especially in the militaristic Soviet society, people only thought of life in terms of struggle and the workers' toil.

Svetlana Alexievich

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You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.

Sergei Bubka

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