"Vodka has a huge history in Russia, in that it's almost like a currency. It's the one thing that keeps the country in the dark ages and having a rollicking good time."

-- Gary Shteyngart

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“I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.”
“There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.”
“Money doesn't buy class.”
“A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.”
“HD doesn't mean anything to me. It's a technical thing. It's like demographics. A lot of people know about it.”
“Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections.”

Source : Pierre Charron (1707). “Of wisdom: Three books. Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron. With an account of the author. Made English by George Stanhope, ...”
“Distress not yourself if you cannot at first understand the deeper mysteries of Spaceland. By degrees they will dawn upon you.”

Source : Edwin A. Abbott, Thomas Banchoff, Seth Caplan, Jeffrey Travis, Dano Johnson (2009). “Flatland: The Movie Edition”, p.70, Princeton University Press
“"Marriage" is an internationally recognized word that says we are committed as a couple and are responsible for each other and any children that we have.”

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