Yevgeny Yevtushenko Quotes
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing.
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I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to get you to a breaking point, where you realize that you can't go on this way anymore, that the reason you're heavy is because you're ignoring all the stuff that's going on inside.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I didn't know what was going through my mind.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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When people have lost their jobs or are afraid of losing their jobs in the future, they lash out. They want others to know about their fears, their pain.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
