"Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views."

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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“I think what happened is that everybody's impressions got formed in those first few minutes. And I felt like, by the latter part of it, I kind of clawed my way back into the discussion. But everybody's impressions were set at the beginning. And wholly apart from me and whether I was good or bad, you know, there were a lot of hostile questions.”

Source : "Farewell to the General". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.
“I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.”
“Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left.”

Source : Herbert Marcuse (2007). “The Essential Marcuse: Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse”, p.50, Beacon Press
“The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?”
“Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out”
“The rule, I think, is: Do your homework, learn what there is to learn about the real world, and then when you get in the room, forget it all.”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.
“In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed.”

Source : Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.154, Canongate Books
“[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.”

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