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.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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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.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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?'
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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.
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Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.
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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.
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What do you expect, one is what one is, partly at least.
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I have cried twice in my life watching a football player; the first one was Maradona and the second was Ryan Giggs.
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When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'
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There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness ...
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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.
