Alexandra Kollontai Quotes

I stand on the threshold of new missions and life is making new demands upon me. No matter what further tasks I shall be carrying out, it is perfectly clear to me that the complete liberation of the working woman and the creation of the foundation of a new sexual morality will always remain the highest aim of my activity, and of my life.

Alexandra Kollontai

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• From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.

  

  Ferdinand Lassalle
  • Money
  • Moment
  • Talent

• I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.

  

  Kajol
  • Character
  • Kids
  • Justice

• I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.

  

  Dana Snyder
  • Work
  • America
  • Feeling

• We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • People
  • Bad
  • Chance

• I cannot believe that I get a tour bus. I've been traveling in a van for 15 years. I used to look at people who were on buses and be like, 'Whoa, man, some day.'

  

  Rachel Platten
  • People
  • Believe
  • Man

• If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Love
  • Player
  • Numbers

• Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.

  

  Natalia Makarova
  • Today
  • Simple
  • Perfection

• So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • Want
  • Play
  • Instrument

• I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.

  

  Ina May Gaskin
  • World
  • Country
  • She

• Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.

  

  Valerie Solanas
  • Family
  • Society
  • Community

• My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Life
  • Great
  • Mom

• Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.

  

  Otis Rush
  • Working
  • New
  • New York

• I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.

  

  Walter Becker China Crisis
  • People
  • Great
  • Practice

• What do you expect, one is what one is, partly at least.

  

  Samuel Beckett

• The Communist Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle.

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Party
  • Struggle

• The highest powers in our nature are our sense of moral excellence, the principple of reason and reflection, benevolence to our creatures and our love of the Divine Being.

  

  Edward Jenner
  • Nature
  • Moral
  • Reflection

• Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Famous

• I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.

  

  Jeff Bridges
  • Remember
  • Parents

• I think I would have had less tumult in my life if I hadn't grown up in my particular house.

  

  Danny Bonaduce
  • Life
  • Up
  • House

• Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.

  

  Carey Williams
  • Change
  • Daughter
  • Farmer

• Seriously,” Shane said, “this kind of is the worst situation we’ve ever been in, right?” “Speak for yourself,” Michael said. “I got myself killed last year. Twice.” “Oh yeah. You’re right—last year really sucked for you.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Situation
  • Year
  • Kill

• I stand on the threshold of new missions and life is making new demands upon me. No matter what further tasks I shall be carrying out, it is perfectly clear to me that the complete liberation of the working woman and the creation of the foundation of a new sexual morality will always remain the highest aim of my activity, and of my life.

  

  Alexandra Kollontai
  • Life
  • Activity
  • Demands