Valentina Matviyenko Quotes

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.

Valentina Matviyenko

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• There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • People
  • Women
  • Yourself

• There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.

  

  Ian Botham
  • World
  • Nothing
  • Two

• I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • World
  • Why
  • Night

• There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.

  

  Samantha Mathis
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Roles

• I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.

  

  Wendy Cope
  • Writing
  • You
  • Students

• I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.

  

  Daisy Fuentes
  • Up
  • Thought
  • Down

• My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Great
  • Dad
  • Kind

• Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Me
  • Problem
  • Always

• 'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Truth
  • Hope

• The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Down
  • Heroes
  • Resistance

• I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.

  

  Eric Lynn Wright
  • People
  • Good
  • Think

• I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Down
  • Step
  • Seriously

• The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.

  

  Gabriel Lippmann
  • Problem
  • Photography
  • Turn

• Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero.

  

  Nancy A. Collins
  • Hero
  • Romantic
  • Monster

• I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Baseball
  • Born
  • I Can

• The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.

  

  Patricia Hewitt
  • Soul
  • Lost
  • Authenticity

• I do read movie blogs. I think what's really interesting - Probably everyone says this, but what's interesting is it, it takes away the power, from the newspaper magnates, so be it Murdoch or whatever. I mean, it's like the people taking it back. Isn't it?

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Power
  • Movie

• It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.

  

  Taye Diggs
  • Women
  • Me
  • Point

• Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Home
  • Night
  • Marriage

• Most people do not benefit from psychoanalysis because the trauma lies not in this life but in a past life.

  

  Alexander Cannon
  • Trauma
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Past Life

• It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • Appreciate
  • Lens

• We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.

  

  Stuart Rothenberg
  • Trying
  • Opportunity
  • President

• Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.

  

  Reza Aslan
  • America
  • President
  • Europe

• The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.

  

  Valentina Matviyenko
  • President
  • Lord
  • Demands