Barabanova Quotes & Sayings

My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake. — Peter Leko

In Plato's Republic, Socrates expresses great fear about democracy because it is, in his mind, synonymous with freedom. The result is tyranny. But modern times have brought us a different understanding of democracy as an ideal. It is how to give the appearance of democracy yet deny it in practice, ensuring that democracy in its false form gives consent by the people to a small group, the oligarchs. This is accomplished through a combination of the people's silence and a rigged system that changes a working democracy of public participation and deliberation to a charade. — Noam Chomsky

You want to hear an agent scream, say, 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.' — Daniel Woodrell

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country. — Jesse Ventura

Falling in love is a beautiful wonder. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You needn't worry. I don't think you have aged enough for me to partake of you. Blood, women, wine, and cheese all get better with the passage of time. You are not quite ripe.
Lane DeLuca — Wynter Wilkins

I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars - that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there. — Olly Murs

It is hard for a free fish to understand what is happening to a hooked one. — Karl A. Menninger

I knew I would be famous one day. That's because I lived in a very small town and nobody liked doing the same things I did, like writing. — Alice Munro

It's very possible that I could look like a kleptomaniac and a pathological liar and that's why I keep getting hired. — Mila Kunis

Do you make a study of pigs, Monsieur?" she asked, with a muffled note of amusement.
"Of course. I've observed them frequently on my breakfast plate." They had neared the first of the pens, where a stockman was lovingly bathing the ears of an enormously fat spotted sow. Five piglets squealed and gurgled about her panting bulk. "Note the marvelous coil of the tail." He gestured with his cane. "Absolute perfection!"
"And those ears," Callie said, nodding sagely. "She appears to have two!"
"Four legs," Trev added, cataloging all her points.
"Are you certain she has legs?" Callie asked dubiously. "I don't see any."
"They are hidden under her porcine vastness," he informed her. He tilted his head speculatively as they reached the pen. "Unless she has wheels. Perhaps she rolls from place to place? — Laura Kinsale

Oppression is opposition. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts. — Douglas Booth

Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves. — Jack Gleeson

It doesn't matter what you have if you can't protect it. — Eric Walters