Svetlana Alexievich (Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich) Quotes
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
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Since the commencement of 1830, I had been living with Mr. Joseph Travis, who was to me a kind master and placed the greatest confidence in me; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment of me.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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You realize mortality is everywhere.
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So I walk like I'm on a mission cuz that's the way I groove.I got more and more to do, I got less and less to prove.It took me too long to realize that I don't take good picturesCuz I have the kind of beauty that moves.
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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
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If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.
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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
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You always want to have a winning car, but there is no guarantee that it will be.
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I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.
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SK will evolve and develop based on its corporate culture and human resources.
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I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.
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My husband has a gift for reaching out to people in need. I always look over and see him connecting to someone who needs to talk or needs some support.
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To be fair, that MTV was very cooperative with the film "Josie and the Pussycats", and this MTV has been very cooperative. I actually didn't even think about it until you said it.
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War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.
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No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
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The purpose of art is to accumulate the human within the human being.
