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There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#depending #divide #interests #only #parties

I read Russian literature a lot. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#literature #lot #read #russian

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#exactly #i #know #tough #want

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#feelings #formulated #idea #idealism #keeps

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#danger #fiction #may #more #readers

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

#artist #attitude #consists #does #his

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#admire #again #alice #ask #i

There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#different #drawn #expect #explore #material

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#defeated #did #faith #like #sophisticated