"We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya"

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Boris Yeltsin

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“And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near, by the unwarned charm of its breath, nothingness now revealed itself: that permanent night upon which the stars in their expiring generations are less than the glinting of gnats, and nebulae, more trivial than winter breath; that darkness in which eternity lies bent and pale, a dead snake in a jar, and infinity is the sparkling of a wren blown out to sea; that inconceivable chasm of invulnerable silence in which cataclysms of galaxies rave mute as amber.”

Source : James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.66, Penguin
“I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS.”
“Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they couldn't do a problem finally began to study why not. They then turned it around the other way and said, "But of course, this is what it is" and got an important result.”

Source : "'You and Your Research' - 1986 Speech by Dr. Richard W. Hamming". www.valueinvestingworld.com. September 21, 2009.
“In America, what makes us so successful is the innovation, the competition, the focus on merit.”

Source : "Condoleezza Rice: Education Could Be 'Greatest National Security Challenge'". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. March 19, 2012.
“I never watched wrestling, I was never a fan of wrestling really.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“I like to push myself beyond the limit every now and again.”
“I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.”

Source : Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.
“Health is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin.”

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