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Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings Ive had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works. – Ken Blanchard

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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. – W. H. Auden

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I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I havent been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned. – Tim Roth

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