"In Stalin's Russia racial persecution was often disguised as class warfare. More than 1.5 million members of ethnic minorities died as a result of forced resettlement."

-- Niall Ferguson

#Class Quotes #Russia Quotes #History Quotes

“I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?”
“Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.”
“The IPL is just pure, intense. You don't need all the other stuff. I don't believe in coaches in international cricket.”

Source : "Old master is still spinning" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2009.
“There's never going to be a great misunderstanding of me. I think I'm a little whacked.”
“Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don'tâ€” If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumptionâ€” That you must not feel anything at all.”
“History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.”
“The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.”
“How enriched life is by friends! Good friends, new friends, old friends, feathered friends, feline friends, friends of friends...”

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