Svetlana Alexievich (Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich) Quotes
Reality has always attracted me like a magnet; it tortured and hypnotized me. I wanted to capture it on paper.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.
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The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.
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The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
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The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.
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Homophobia is manufactured in high schools, so it's probably useful to keep in mind that it really does bother people.
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Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.
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I just took everything so seriously in my early twenties. But now I'm like, 'life can be fun.' You don't have to overthink everything. I've found a way to be more at peace with things. I'm looking forward to turning 30.
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I started singing in church with my sister Maria when I was four, and I've been pretty much singing ever since. There's never been anything else for me to do.
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Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long.
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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
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No, they said they do not believe in evolution, then they said the biggest threat to America: religious radicals living in the Dark Ages.
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
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A trust-in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong-captures, more or less, my understanding of what it is to have a child.
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It's nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take themselves way too seriously sometimes.
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Reality has always attracted me like a magnet; it tortured and hypnotized me. I wanted to capture it on paper.
