Anecdotes Quote by Eugene Mirman Download Open image “I think in Russia, there's a lot of storytelling and anecdotes.” — Eugene Mirman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anecdotes I think Lot Russia Storytelling Think Thinking
Russia is a place of great culture. If you've read Tolstoy's "War and Peace", Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov...the culture of the great Russian literature is… — Andre Leon Talley Copy Share Image
There's definitely a culture of Russian literature in Turkey. And in the U.S. too, to an extent - especially Dostoevsky. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing… — Patrick J. Adams Copy Share Image
Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy,… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling.… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
I'd like to find great stories from as many parts of the world as possible. — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
What do you think you should do if you're attacked by a bear? Play dead? No - that's a lie promoted by the bears. — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
People used to make fun of alternative comedy because sometimes it would be someone being funny, and sometimes it was a crazy man with… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
One of the best things I found out about Detroit is that bears have started returning to the city. When bears are gentrifying your… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking. — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“This book is a guide to living life the right way, like the Bible is for crazies and weak people (JK, bro), this book… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions?… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive. Do not… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
Imagine the wars we would've avoided if prior generations had a website where they could debate tragedy and politics in terse sentences? — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually,… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
“There was a skill to organizing your life into neatly bundled anecdotes, and he lacked it.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
There comes a point where certain things are becoming my Achilles heel; you know when you start repeating yourself and saying the same anecdotes… — Karen Elson Copy Share Image
Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories.… — Danny Huston Copy Share Image
If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Painters were also attorneys, happy storytellers of anecdote, psychologists, botanists, zoologists, archaeologists, engineers, but there were no creative painters. — Kazimir Malevich Copy Share Image
Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives. — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone by, humorous… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Anecdote: The extent of Michael Jackson's fame at its height, and his eagerness to exploit it is shown by an incident in 1984 when… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of thrilling anecdotes about my career or personal life. All the stuff that is interesting is private and I… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
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