Svetlana Alexievich (Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich) Quotes
What I'm concerned with is what I would call the missing history - the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.Svetlana Alexievich
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
Maajid Nawaz -
Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
J. G. Ballard -
Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
Caprice Bourret -
I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson -
I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
Dana Goodyear -
A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
Sabine Lisicki
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
Natalie Massenet -
As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
Olga Kurylenko -
I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.
Garret Dillahunt -
It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
Zig Ziglar -
There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
Frances McDormand
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
Rachel Roy -
I've always been a bit of a documentarian.
Ian MacKaye -
Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
Yelawolf -
I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
Ingrid Bergman -
The nature of men’s responsibilities distanced men from feelings, whereas the nature of women’s responsibilities encouraged the expression of feelings.
Warren Farrell -
There are only so many stories in the world... Duplication of plots is bound to happen because most writers have read very extensively in their genre and have become aware they are adding an extra layer to the meta-narrative, finding a new spin on the original.
Kerry Greenwood
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
Bebe Rexha -
Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I've danced hula since I was 5. My mom danced hula as well. It's been in my family from far back and really connected me to my ancestors.
Auli'i Cravalho -
Money definitely does not equal success in recording.
Mat Kearney -
What I'm concerned with is what I would call the missing history - the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.
Svetlana Alexievich