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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Success is not the end of the journey. It is the beginning of the expression of your infinite potential.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

You are truly living when you have inner peace. You are far away from the beauty of life when you are fighting a war.

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl everybody else wants to know

You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.

The first reaction is, get defensive. Second reaction is, what are we going to do about it?

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

Then you'd better listen, because me sounding like Bronte is one of the signs of the apocalypse-and if the end fo the world is coming, good deeds could earn you Judgment day brownie points.

A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.