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I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life. Mstislav Rostropovich

Life My Life Important States Like Because Important Role Coming Role United United States Played

Of course, I know everything that happens in Russia. But even at the most dangerous moment or the most negative moment now, it's still 10 times better than what it was in the communist state. Mstislav Rostropovich

Dangerous Better Negative State Everything Russia Know Most Course Still Times Than Happens Communist Moment Even Now

The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Words Political Punk Our Entire Taken Putin Support Spoke Performance Disapproval Course Authoritarian Who Express Event Specific

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Will Collapse Silent Remain Fellow Prisoners Conditions Strain Resigned Watch

As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Love Had Advertising Industry Affair Go Child Love Affair Wanted

Modern capitalism seeks to assure us that it operates according to the principles of free creativity, endless development and diversity. It glosses over its other side in order to hide the reality that millions of people are enslaved by an all-powerful and fantastically stable norm of production. We want to reveal this lie. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Capitalism Reality Creativity Lie People Hide Free Diversity Other Assure Side Enslaved All-Powerful Seeks Development Over Principles Reveal Norm According Endless Modern Stable Order Want Us Production Millions Millions Of People

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again. Natalia Makarova

Life Would Could Again If I Could Hard Hard Life

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow. Natalia Makarova

Time Tomorrow Back Lies Boring Excitement Look

Even the ears must dance. Natalia Makarova

Dance Ears Must Even

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult. Natalia Makarova

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself. Natalia Makarova

Myself Knowledge Secrets Keep

I think often that God is guiding me. Natalia Makarova

God Me Think Guiding Often

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world. Natalia Makarova

Music World Reading Ballet Inner Inner World

I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling. Natalia Makarova

I want to be free... free to develop my art. Natalia Makarova

Art Free Develop Want

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily. Natalia Makarova

Criticism Difficult Easily Take Personalities English

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here. Natalia Vodianova

Love Me Find Inspiration Moscow Huge Being Here

My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life. Natalia Vodianova

Life Me Gave Surprise Childhood Little Resilience

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you. Natalia Vodianova

You People Never Support Know Around Really Hardship

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed. Natalia Vodianova

Life Me People Will Looking Looking Back Live Other Gave Incredible Tools Back Bit Further Russia Push Make Up Very Privileges Different Happen Realise Succeed Different Life Growing Growing Up Now Things Things Happen Necessarily

I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11. Natalia Vodianova

Age School Missed Because Lot Quite Quite A Lot Working

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