"I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia."

-- Vagit Alekperov

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“Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln never saw a movie, heard a radio or looked at television. They had 'Loneliness' and knew what to do with it. They were not afraid of being lonely because they knew that was when the creative mood in them would work.”
“I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.”
“Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.”
“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”

Source : Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA
“Life is brief. Always act out of love, never fear.”
“Don't write about Man; write about a man.”
“During the modern period, the vanguard architect has usually relied on small residential jobs both to supply a steady income and to serve as 'sketches' for ideas that are often later translated to the larger scale of public commissions.”

Source : Luis Fernández Galiano, Martin Filler (2000). “El siglo americano: The American century”
“I'm committed to working with teachers.”

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