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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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.
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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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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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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 don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
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A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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Why am I a closet country music fan? Because I grew up being into rock, and I always thought that country music was, like, something my mom was into. Like, it wasn't cool. It wasn't happening. They were all singing about driving around in their trucks looking for Lulu.
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Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed.
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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.
