"What's bad about my biography? My father was a worker, my brothers, too, and I have always honestly served my country."

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Source : "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad". Book by by Harrison E. Salisbury, p.112, 2003.

Ivan Bagramyan

#Country Quotes #Brother Quotes #Father Quotes

“Fate gives you the finger and you accept.”
“To me, the coolest riffs are composed of two guitar parts that interlock like gears. You need both parts to make whole. I work things out on an electric that's not plugged in to make sure a good tone isn't forgiving a part that couldn't stand up naked. Only after the parts are written will I struggle to find a tone that supports the creativity.”
“Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. ...”
“It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clinches into place.”
“Greatest risk is not development of new product, but development of customers and markets”
“There are days when I'm alone with my thoughts, which is to say, not alone enough.”
“Reforms often fail because politics favors symbols over substance.”
“I devoured TV - everything from Super Friends in the morning to Dukes of Hazzard and The Love Boat and Fantasy Island at night. I watched it all. There were only four channels, so you could actually consume all of television if you were good at changing the channel.”

Source : Interview with Amy Sedaris, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 2, 2014.

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