Svetlana Alexievich (Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich) Quotes
Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now.
Svetlana Alexievich
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I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
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Negro equality! Fudge!! How long, in the government of a God, great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue to be knaves to vend, and fools to gulp, so low a piece of demagougeism as this?
Abraham Lincoln
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The name of an iron man goes round the world. It takes a long time to forget an iron man.
Carl Sandburg
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But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.
Park Chung-hee
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The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.
Bob Marley
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Laws assure animals of protection – formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.
Lloyd Alexander
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I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting.
Buzz Osborne
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Ah! heavy art thou, crown of Monomakh!
Alexander Pushkin
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Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and to evolve ever new forms. The machine world reciprocates man's love by expediting his wishes and desires, namely, in providing him with wealth. (p.46)
Marshall McLuhan
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When we change, the world changes. The key to all change is in our inner transformation- a change of our hearts and minds. This is human revolution. We all have the power to change. When we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power anywhere, anytime, and in any situation.
Daisaku Ikeda
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In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now.
Svetlana Alexievich