"I think ex-Soviet or Russian-Jewish women are tougher and that comes through. And if they are more pragmatic than the men, it's because they are obliged to be. They have all the female responsibilities and all the male responsibilities."

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Source : Interview with Ratik Asokan, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.

David Bezmozgis

#Responsibility Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.”
“What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.”
“I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.”
“When my life is throughAnd the angels ask me to recallThe thrill of them allThen I shall tell themI remember you”
“Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.”
“Improv Everywhere tramples the lines drawn between spectacle and spectator, theatre and real life, public and private, performance and protest, and reclaims the streets for ordinary people.”
“And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.”
“If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.”

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