In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell.

...the collapse of tsarism, while not improbably, was certainly not inevitable.

Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military and economic.

We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure way of robbing us of our private property rights and other rights along with them.

Life is either the same song you sing day in and day out, or you go out into the world and devise your own soundtrack.

I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose

Competition is about passion for perfection and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.

I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.

Those of us who have received Jesus Christ as our Saviour and our Lover and our King already have the Garden of Eden and Paradise restored in our hearts!

Compassion allows us to accept everything. That's why there's always a tear in the eye of the Buddha that no one sees, for the pain and suffering of others.

I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.

Having watched herself in the speckled mirror ... she was already shocked beyond surprise at what the flat hand of age could do.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.