At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.


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There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
At last, Russia has returned to the world arena as a strong state - a country that others heed and t...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delh...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were mo...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
I don't read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who n...
VLADIMIR LENIN
Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the Eur...
VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in in...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
I recall certain moments, let us call them icebergs in paradise, when after having had my fill of he...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collect...
VLADIMIR LENIN
Spying has always gone on since ancient times.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
It's a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most ...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Fr...
VLADIMIR LENIN
The period 1924 to 1929 was spent studying chemistry at the Czech Institute of Technology in Prague,...
VLADIMIR PRELOG
Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined i...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations.
VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY
The point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents ...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a tr...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
I was a daisy fresh girl and look what you've done to me.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same...
VLADIMIR LENIN
If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or l...
LENIN, VLADIMIR
Crime is a product of social excess.
LENIN, VLADIMIR
The soulless have no need of melancholia
VLADIMIR ODOYEVSKY
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
The culprits must be punished,
VLADIMIR PUTIN
It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealth...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and i...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Turn off your iron and save the city.
VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY
The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities ...
VLADIMIR PUTIN
A thousand years ago five minutes were
Equal to forty ounces of fine sand.
Outstare the st...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented pe...
VLADIMIR PUTIN