"If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian."

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Source : Sergei Dovlatov (2014). “Pushkin Hills”, p.141, Counterpoint

Sergei Dovlatov

#People Quotes #Rude Quotes #Moscow Quotes

“And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.”
“It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please . . . . Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It [the Constitution] was intended to lace them up straightly within the enumerated powers and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect.”
“Here's some advice. Stay alive.”
“I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.”
“The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.”
“People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.”

Source : "Matt Lucas says he can never learn to drive because he would end up killing himself". www.mirror.co.uk. July 21, 2011.
“After I was married a year I remembered things like radio stations and forgot my husband.”
“I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate.”

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