"Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves."

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Source : Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (1989). “Early Poems”, Marion Boyars Publishers

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#Character Quotes #Anxiety Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I live in a universe in which blame doesn't exist. I don't believe in being at fault; I believe in taking responsibility for your actions. If I do something wrong, I take responsibility for it.”
“The purpose of speech is to enliven the bliss in others.”
“[Photography] is always like a state of grace, like the appearance of something that I hadn't foreseen, that surprises me and stops me. If I only did what I had in mind, there would be no emotion. It would be like keeping one's eyes shut rather than open, like theorizing rather than seeing.”
“The actor's tense, he's being taped and things are not falling naturally. That's what I hate about Boadway. I feel like I'm giving a whole lot for nothing. I like to capture things and hold them there and share them with the whole world.”
“Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl who can back up a trailer.”
“At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, thatâ€™s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isnâ€™t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom.”
“Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term economic growth. Permanent repeal of the death tax will mean more high-quality, high-paying jobs for Americans.”
“A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.”

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