The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.

The enemy is at the gate. It is a question of life and death.

The magic to attain victory is simple…..Just believe.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.

I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.

We are always in transition.

He that preacheth giveth almes.

By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.

There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing is learning.

The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

I spent so many summers and New Years and fun times in New Orleans. It was always a place where I felt I could go and actually let go and enjoy the spirit of something.