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People Quotes by Gary Shteyngart
- I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love?
- I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like a human being…
- In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get to the plot,…
- We're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense.
- I have some memories of certain things that happened in high school when I was stoned out of my mind, but I talked with other…
- Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can…
- ... I'm the fortieth-ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what! What if someday she lets me kiss each one of her freckles…
- Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after the…
- You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and…
- I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle