Quotes by Ukrainian Authors

"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."

Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian Scientist

Evolution, Light, Nothing, Sense

6

"I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people."

Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian Statesman

People, Policy, First, Rhetoric

5

"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Sports, Dream

4

"I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

People, Help, Want

4

"My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Sports, Idea

1

"The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end."

Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Statesman

People, Elections, End, Will

"If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Experience, Job, Thinking

"If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Right, Rules

"Obviously, I have a lot of memories here... but at the same time I'm going to put all my energies into moving forward and doing my best for the Thrashers."

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian Athlete

Time, Memories

"The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Work, Strategy, Being, Coach

"My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Sports, Policy

"The world has closed its eyes to the humanitarian catastrophe in Azerbaijan, where every seventh citizen is a refugee."

Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian Statesman

Politics, Eyes, World

"We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!"

Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Statesman

Work, Jobs, Want, Will

"Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution."

Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian Statesman

Change, Fathers, Mothers, Today

"And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Direction, Help, Improvement, Results

"Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Applause, End, Silence

"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Play,

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

Harry Golden, Ukrainian Writer

Work, Hardwork, Luck

"Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film."

Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

Car, Film, Trying

"The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions."

Karl Radek, Ukrainian Politician

Home, Actions, Agitation, Class

"Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk."

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

Risk,

"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all."

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian Athlete

Competition, Relax

"Spontaneity has its time and its place."

Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist

Time, Spontaneity

"The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Music, Force

"Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out."

Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

Blood, Right

"The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Music, Being

"Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses."

Karl Radek, Ukrainian Politician

Life, Agitation

"Now I'm kind of different. I'm not saying I lost my spark - I still have it - but I don't chase the goal as much as I used to. I'm playing for the team and I still know I can score, but it's different than two or three years back."

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian Athlete

Goal, Now, Saying, Years

"We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Rules,

"People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!"

Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian Athlete

People, World

"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Applause, Trying

"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."

6

"I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people."

5

"I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream."

4

"I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want."

4

"My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club."

1

"The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end."

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"If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job."

​

"If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always."

​

"Obviously, I have a lot of memories here... but at the same time I'm going to put all my energies into moving forward and doing my best for the Thrashers."

​

"The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person."

​

"My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region."

​

"The world has closed its eyes to the humanitarian catastrophe in Azerbaijan, where every seventh citizen is a refugee."

​

"We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!"

​

"Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution."

​

"And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results."

​

"Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end."

​

"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."

​

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

​

"Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film."

​

"The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions."

​

"Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk."

​

"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all."

​

"Spontaneity has its time and its place."

​

"The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction."

​

"Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out."

​

"The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together."

​

"Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses."

​

"Now I'm kind of different. I'm not saying I lost my spark - I still have it - but I don't chase the goal as much as I used to. I'm playing for the team and I still know I can score, but it's different than two or three years back."

​

"We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud."

​

"People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!"

​

"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."

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