Andrei Soldatov Quotes

Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.

Andrei Soldatov

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• I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.

  

  Ida Lupino
  • Kids
  • Water
  • Hell

• I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.

  

  Zach Braff
  • People
  • Want
  • Better

• I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Practice
  • Better
  • See

• It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.

  

  Edmund S. Muskie
  • Mind
  • Funny
  • Never

• The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Up
  • Book
  • Service

• I was given an incredible gift growing up in the Chelsea, a space where it is completely fine to be yourself - you just had to figure out what that was. You didn't have to figure that out in the face of opposition at every turn.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Space

• If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Heart
  • Joy
  • Moving On

• You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

  

  Ian Hislop
  • Life
  • Why
  • Problem

• Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
  • May
  • Integrity
  • Brainy

• I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.

  

  Larry Brilliant
  • People
  • Important
  • Heart

• Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals for themselves or rapacious fund managers.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Good
  • Society
  • Good Times

• When I was a child and came with my elders to Galway for their salmon fishing in the river that rushes past the gaol, I used to look with awe at the window where men were hung, and the dark, closed gate.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Men
  • Past
  • Dark

• ‘Why are pictures like this allowed?’ he suddenly cried. He had stopped in front of a colonial print in which the martyrdom of St Agatha was depicted with all the fervour that incompetence could command.‘It’s only a saint,’ said Lady Peaslake, placidly raising her head.‘How disgusting – and how ugly’‘Yes, very. It’s Roman Catholic.’

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Ugly
  • Catholic

• Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

  

  Benjamin Rush
  • Men
  • Society
  • Freedom

• I have a healthy body, free of the chemicals that once controlled it.

  

  Lorna Luft
  • Free

• I'm for prayer in schools.

  

  Charles Evers
  • Prayer

• On occasion, I like to reread my grandfather's letters. While leafing through them, I'm saddened by what is being lost in modern communication. Soul-baring sentimentality isn't typically poured into text messages, tweets and emails. All too often, personal connections are brushed aside for the sake of convenience in a fast-paced world.

  

  Kristina McMorris
  • World
  • Soul
  • Lost

• I love L.A. You definitely can't beat the weather, and being close to the beach is nice. It's a good town.

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Good
  • Nice
  • Beach

• They pass upon their old, tremulous feet,Creeping with little satchels down the street,And they remember, many years ago,Passing that way in silks. They wander, slowAnd solitary, through the city ways,And they alone remember those old daysMen have forgotten.

  

  Arthur Symons
  • Remember
  • City
  • Alone

• Going to college was something that I didn't want to do.

  

  Brandon Jennings
  • College

• In the United States, viewers don't get to see a lot of things we can show in other countries. We didn't get to show our naked Twister game from Wild On Jamaica, but we definitely filmed it.

  

  Brooke Burke
  • Game

• I'm playing Kyle Edmund, who is so solid. He's an unbelievable player. He goes for his shots. He's not afraid to take it to the guy.

  

  Denis Shapovalov
  • Guy
  • Player

• Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.

  

  Andrei Soldatov
  • Important
  • Means
  • Blame