When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

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.

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.

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.

We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.

...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.''Does she say so? Well if you believe that you may drink cold water and think it bacon'.

My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.

The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.

The pathways of crime are clearly marked. There's a doublecross on every corner.

I only have to do three things to look halfway decent. Curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick on.

Don't feel obligated to spend time with people who pull you off the path of your life purpose.

Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into

God is to creation as silence is to sound.

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

It's not going to be easy, it's going to be worth it.