Nadezhda Tolokonnikova quotes
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“We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted but not forsaken. It’s easy to humiliate and crush people who are open, but when I am weak, then I am strong.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : "Here's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their Controversial Blasphemy Trial". Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's closing speech at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia, www.businessinsider.com. August 10, 2012.
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“Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : "Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova: Why I have gone on hunger strike" by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2013.
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“When I am weak, then I am strong.”
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“Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement.”
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“The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.”
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“The Olympics create a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia.”
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“Listen to us rather than to Arkady Mamontov talking about us. Don't twist and distort everything we say. Let us enter into dialogue and contact with the country, which is ours too, not just Putin's and the Patriarch's. Like Solzhenitsyn, I believe that in the end, words will crush concrete. Solzhenitsyn wrote, 'the word is more sincere than concrete, so words are not trifles. Once noble people mobilize, their words will crush concrete.'”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : "Here's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their Controversial Blasphemy Trial". Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's closing speech at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia, www.businessinsider.com. August 10, 2012.
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“If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.”
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“Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : "Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. April 10, 2014.
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“I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the eight-hour workday required by law. The other women were often forced to slave away for up to 16 hours a day.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.”
-- Nadezhda TolokonnikovaSource : Source: www.spiegel.de
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