As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova More Quotes by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova More Quotes From Nadezhda Tolokonnikova 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 Tolokonnikova crushstrongpeople 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. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova nobleessentialspeople 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 Tolokonnikova malessupportpersonality 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. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova russiapoliticalreal The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova inexplicableplease 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 Tolokonnikova eightlawattention 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 Tolokonnikova crushbelievecountry 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 Tolokonnikova russiarunningway 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 Tolokonnikova christianbelievejesus 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 Tolokonnikova classicrolessex When I am weak, then I am strong. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova i-am-strongstrongweak I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova philosopherrole-modelsroles 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 Tolokonnikova sacrificerussiachildren I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova inner-peaceserenityspeak Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova terrifiedprisonershadow Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova useattentionmen The Olympics create a space for the complete destruction of human rights in Russia. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova russiaspacerights We don't think it's possible to talk about any kind of statistics of support or non-support for the president when people lack information, Putin's ratings are directly dependent on the content of the television programs. If you look at the level of propaganda ... it has increased a lot since the start of the Ukrainian revolution. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova world The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova wordsperformancesupportpolitical I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova remainwatchwillsilent
