#lit

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#big #dorothy #haircut #her #idol

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance. ↗

— Mo Yan

#am #aware #become #brutal #does

In dreams begins responsibility. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#begins #responsibility

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#cord #dreams #little #must #round

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#brightly #brilliant #burn #burns #end

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#discussed #first #friends #generally #i

We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#am #cannot #considered #convinced #europe

First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#dependence #different #different meaning #different people #energy

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one! ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#give #give me #just #just one #little

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#literature #moral #politics #serve