It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.

The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldn't have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it.

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology.

Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.

The kind of capitalism I hate most is crony capitalism, the friends who decide. These are things which should be killed in Russia.

I dwell on great thoughts.

He was an astronaut without a suit, but he was still breathing.

For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care

Sidharth and me were supposed to work much before Bang Bang, we were in talks for a few films which didnt work out.

There are a great many people who do not understand things so there is no use in telling them.

Unless you are fulfilling your spiritual mission (and this is my opinion totally), you anaesthetize yourself or you wound yourself.

Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

All of a sudden it felt like people were peering over my shoulder, wondering what I would write next. I was blocked for four years.