Small: Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no gua
"Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability"
Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher
Small: Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we
"Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed"
Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher
Small: Once youve been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is
"Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is"
Valentina Tereshkova, Astronaut
Small: I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I car
"I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?"
Valentina Tereshkova, Astronaut
Small: Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream
"Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky"
Valentina Tereshkova, Astronaut
Small: Youre not always able to choose
"You're not always able to choose"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents prot
"There was no doubt that sooner or later we will fight. But we will fight not in the way of the dissidents' protests. We understood that we needed to be as professional as possible"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an inst
"There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: The diversification of the peoples demand could not be followed by the state apparatus
"The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way
"Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will
"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"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: I dont think Russia will follow the United Statess way. I dont think Russia will follow the French way. Im sur
"I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: Well limit in all ways the work of religious faiths which are foreign to us
"We'll limit in all ways the work of religious faiths which are foreign to us"
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Politician
Small: Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country
"Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country"
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Politician
Small: It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy
"It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the on
"I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council
"I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. Thats the Russian interest in this process
"Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process"
Anatoly Chubais, Politician
Small: We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the s
"We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium
"There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties
"The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom
"I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others
"Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: No one nor anything can silence me
"No one nor anything can silence me"
Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist
Small: I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three
"I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars"
Anna Akhmatova, Poet
Small: Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our childrens children, pure on their tongues, and free
"Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free"
Anna Akhmatova, Poet
Small: All has been looted, betrayed, sold black deaths wing flashed ahead
"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead"
Anna Akhmatova, Poet
Small: Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music
"Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music"
Isaac Stern, Musician
Small: There are more bad musicians than there is bad music
"There are more bad musicians than there is bad music"
Isaac Stern, Musician
Small: Music is like making love: either all or nothing
"Music is like making love: either all or nothing"
Isaac Stern, Musician
Small: Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. Its endless.
"Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
Small: It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace
"It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace"
Anna Akhmatova, Poet
Small: We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase
"We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes"
Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor
Small: It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass
"It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass"
Marat Safin, Athlete
Small: The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience
"The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience"
Andre Kostelanetz, Musician
Small: For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none
"For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none"
Alfred Schnittke, Composer
Small: We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly
"We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly"
Sophie Swetchine, Author
Small: The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least
"The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least"
Sophie Swetchine, Author
Small: To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord
"To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other"
Helena Petrova Blavatsky, Author
Small: The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares
"The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain"
Helena Petrova Blavatsky, Author
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