"I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today."

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#Government Quotes #President Quotes #Today Quotes

“Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet.”
“We are heading towards catastrophe. I think the world is going to pieces. I am very pessimistic. Why? Because the world hasn't been punished yet, and the only punishment that could be adequate is the nuclear destruction of the world.”
“I like high impact movies.”
“Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health.”
“But wanderlust is like a pretty girl - you wake up one morning, find she's grown old and decide that either you're going to commit your life or you're going to walk away.”

Source : Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.9, Penguin
“I can't say that I ever worried much about what people thought or said of me. I like to be liked, and have often wished that I could be as much loved as Jim Driscoll, say, but I have never been able to bow down to rules and regulations”
“I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come.”
“Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.”

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