Andrei Sinyavsky Quotes
What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it after a dozen years or so? The smell of roses, you think? No, mouldering books.
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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As you get older, you get more... genealogical.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
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Fuck money. I don't rap for dead presidents; I'd rather see the president dead. It's never been said, but I set precedents.
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When you're the host of the Academy Awards, and you grew up watching Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and now it's your turn, and you get a chance to run with the baton on the relay for a while, I really embraced it and just really loved being there.
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Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'
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I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.
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Maybe it was escapism, but I had become obsessed with going to remote locations and keeping myself behind the camera.
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I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books.
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There really is no such thing as a sick child; there are children who happen to be sick. Think about it, and you will understand the magic of the Camps
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Growing up, I cooked in the house, and when I cooked, everyone would sit down and eat, and it was just kind of the way I connected with my family.
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What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it after a dozen years or so? The smell of roses, you think? No, mouldering books.
