"The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we have done that will we be ready to integrate with Europeand Europe needs Russia."

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Source : 1991 Addressing socialist MPs in Strasbourg, 15 Apr.

Boris Yeltsin

#Past Quotes #Russia Quotes #Escaping Quotes

“You go to work the next day pretending nothing happened. Your co-workers ask if everything's okay and you tell them you're just tired. And you're trying to smile. And they're trying to smile.”
“I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.”
“Go to your banquet then, but use delight So as to rise still with an appetite.”
“As for her perfume, it was the kind you only noticed after she'd left a room, not while she was still in it. Even then you didn't realize it was perfume, you only wondered what had made you think of her just then.”

Source : Cornell Woolrich (1965). “The Dark Side of Love: Tales of Love and Death”
“Like a chastity belt, the package tour keeps you out of mischief but a bit restive for wondering what you missed.”
“I do think, from what we know of people who've had near-death experiences, that they often feel a warmth, and a light and a sense of love, and that would be great if that were there when we died.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
“People have to go through what they have to go through. I think in some cases you sort of bring things on yourself and that's what you want it to be than that's the way it is.”
“I am happiest when I am alone.”

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