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In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.


Vladimir Kramnik

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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...
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