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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. Nathalie Sarraute

People Poet Poetry Write Like Readers Cannot Who

I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling. Nicholas II of Russia

Business Nothing Ruling Know Ready Am

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time. Nikita Khrushchev

Time You Change People Power Stay Talk Because Want

But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you. Nikita Khrushchev

Life Great You School Life Is A Bangs Teaches

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord. Nikolai Gogol

Beautiful Will Beauty Own Think Come Always Accord Useful

Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security. Oleg Deripaska

Family You Army Yourself Training Strong Military Say Security Protect Tall Always How Am Very Forget Special

America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society. Peter Kropotkin

Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. Rosa Luxemburg

Government Freedom Party Numerous Though Members Only Quite

The existing legal constitution is nothing but the product of a revolution. Revolution is the act of political creation in the history of classes, while constitutional legislation is the expression of the continual political vegetation of a society. Rosa Luxemburg

History Constitution Legal Political Revolution Nothing Creation Society Classes Constitutional Vegetation Existing Legislation The History Of While Act Product Expression

A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced. S. Ansky

Soul Fate Three Live Difficult Torn Border Writer Misfortune He Sort His Experienced Languages Lives Streets Two Jewish

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination. Sofia Kovalevskaya

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones. Sophie Swetchine

Travel Part Frivolous Serious Lives

I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration. Valentina Tereshkova

History Light Space Will Believe Stars Difficult Universe Crew Way Those Astronauts Follow Remain Columbia Roads Sincere Names Am Loss Condolences Friends Families Space Exploration Them Sparkling Exploration Who Express Bright Deeply

Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly. Vitalik Buterin

Work Job Blockchain Out Directly Tend Driver Drivers Puts Instead Putting Most Periphery Doing Tasks Whereas Center Customer Taxi Taxi Driver Workers Lets Away Technologies

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. Vladimir Kramnik

Game Numerous Ways Complex Varied Chess Infinitely Which Play

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation. Vladimir Kramnik

Beauty Situation Believe Every Rules He Mastering Chess Contradict Expectations Situations Senses Which Succeeds Creating Player

My English is very bad. Vladimir Putin

Bad Very English

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. Vladimir Putin

People Dangerous Whatever Extremely See Exceptional Motivation Encourage Themselves

I love soccer. Vladimir Putin

Love Soccer

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