We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

Thus, the word is more essential than cement. Thus, the word is not a small nothing. In this manner, noble people begin to grow, and their word will break cement.

I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.

I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.

The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend.

When I am weak, then I am strong.

There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.

I gained an inner peace, the serenity of a prisoner, so to speak.

Mordovian prisoners are afraid of their own shadows. They are completely terrified.

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

Men should also pay attention to their appearance and occasionally use cosmetics.

We were as big as the ocean, but as fragile as an ego.

In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.

O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.

Our mind is all we've got. Not that it won't lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.

The love of study, a passion which derives fresh vigor from enjoyment, supplies each day, each hour, with a perpetual source of independent and rational pleasure.

I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not set out to do that. But, it was real and it was what was happening.

Between the time the last train leaves and the first train arrives, the place changes: it's not the same as in daytime.

I believe that we are stewards of a time that is upon us - but often we need the encouragement of each other to be able to wake up to this extraordinary time and possibility.

The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?