For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state.

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.

It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.

Interethnic and spiritual accord is our strategic resource, the basis for progress of our society and state.

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so don't judge us too harshly.

We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.

The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

For my birthday my husband learned to cook and is cooking one day a week for me. But he only likes to do fancy dishes. So we end up with weird, obscure things in the refrigerator.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

It's in my wheelhouse to be creepy, as a person.

Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue.

Cause my wife gets up and goes shopping.

The truth is an arbitrary, shifting, culturally relative, and historically molded phenomenon.

Actually, my worst nightmare is losing my best friend, as I imagine most people's are.

I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.