Svetlana Alexievich The subjects I wanted to write about – the mystery of the human soul, evil – didn’t interest newspapers, and news reporting bored me. – Svetlana Alexievich Bored Quotes Evil Quotes Human Quotes Mystery Quotes News Quotes Newspapers Quotes Reporting Quotes Soul Quotes Subjects Quotes Write Quotes I love the good Russian world, the humanitarian Russian world, but I do not love the Russian world of Beria, Stalin, and Shoigu. I’ve been searching for a genre that would be most adequate to my vision of the world to convey how my ear hears and my eyes see life. I tried this and that, and finally, I chose a genre where human voices speak for themselves. But I don’t just record a dry history of events and facts; I’m writing a history of human feelings.
Lukas Podolski If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can’t go home and tell everyone, ‘I played a great 10 minutes.’ I have to play the full 90. – Lukas Podolski
Retta Glee’ is very easy to clown because I feel like it’s just crumbling. ‘Smash!’ ‘Smash’ is the ultimate. I love it because I’m all about theater. I did plays in high school and college, and it totally brings me back to that feeling: how excited you get on opening night, how it sucks when you’re not learning the dance moves. – Retta
Freddie Hubbard Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too. – Freddie Hubbard
DietIrv KupcinetThanksgiving An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. – Irv Kupcinet
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