Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes
The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
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I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.
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I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'
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My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.
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Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.
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Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
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Bad movies are when people go, 'oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.'
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.
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There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
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A gang is the same as a wolf pack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another, for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united, it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.
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There have been failures in the past, and I know there will be in future as well. But I have learnt from them.
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The dead don't die. They look on and help.
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I have looked upon all that the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and the flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me. But I do not think my life will be long. As my uncle went, as poor Johansen went, so I shall go. I know too much, and the cult still lives.
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I rang room service, and asked for a bottle of Perrier, because while I was asleep someone had come in and carpeted my throat.
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
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The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth.
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The rut I was in with the people that I had been previously been with it took the heart right out of me.
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If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if they talk in ways associated with men or bosses, then they're seen as too aggressive. Whatever they do violates one or the other expectation: either you're not talking as you should as a woman or as boss.
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NDCC is an admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave the world) is not a movement of the downtrodden but a scheme supported and directed by the wealthiest of people. If enough Americans read and act upon NDCC, they really can save the Republic from the conspirators--whose plans for the destruction of our country are galloping fast toward completion.
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The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.
