"Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people"

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Source : "Medvedev wants Russia to go hi-tech" by Maxim Tkachenko, edition.cnn.com. November 12, 2009.

Dmitry Medvedev

#Country Quotes #Smart Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.”

Source : Raymond Daum, Raymond W. Daum, Greta Garbo (1992). “Walking with Garbo: conversations and recollections”, Perennial
“Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.”
“This is a message to all those out there who think that you need animal products to be fit and strong. Almost two years after becoming vegan I am stronger than ever before and I am still improving day by day. Don't listen to those self proclaimed nutrition gurus and the supplement industry trying to tell you that you need meat, eggs and dairy to get enough protein.Â There are plenty of plant-based protein sources and your body is going to thank you for stopping feeding it with dead-food.Â Go vegan and feel the power!”

Source : "555kg yoke-carry for 10m in the middle of Berlin". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. September 1, 2013.
“Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.”
“If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

Source : Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”
“A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.”

Source : V. Vale, Andrea Juno (1989). “Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment & Ritual”, V/Search
“Every event has a cause-that is ... for every event e1 there exists an event e2 (or a class of events e2, e3 ...) which precedes e1 and of which e1 is a necessary consequence.... If we assent to this statement then your "choice" to do A rather than B, whatever may have been at the time your sensation of freedom from any constraint, was entirely necessitated. You could not have done otherwise and hence, according to this conception of freedom, were not free.”
“Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.”

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