Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes
For a country to have a great writer … is like having another government. That’s why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
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If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
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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.
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Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.
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I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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When a young man massacres innocents, we have been trained to believe that the act was due to improper levels of chemical enzymes and misfiring synapses. As we learn more about our cells, we forget more about our souls.
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The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play for England after five years. We have to protect against that.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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What's the point of being efficient if you're only leading an efficiently blank life?
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For a country to have a great writer … is like having another government. That’s why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
