Stand-up has got harder. Now it's all pissed-up hen parties who don't give a monkey's about your routine on the IMF. In the Eighties, comedy really felt like an agent of the revolution.


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On the road, just like anybody else, we try to be patient and see what they can bring. We expected t...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
We faced a lot of tough teams on this road trip. But we changed a lot of things before this game and...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
We're fighting for the eighth spot in the playoffs, we knew how important this game was.
ALEXEI KOVALEV
There are still a lot of games to play. It's only half-a-season. A lot of teams struggled in the beg...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
I've said many times, ever since I got traded to Montreal, to give that guy room and give him a chan...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
Luzhkov doesn't understand the value of authenticity. For him, to restore means to demolish and rebu...
ALEXEI KLIMENKO
Of course, he's talented. But he treats art like a business, churning out his works as if he were ba...
ALEXEI KLIMENKO
If they don't suspend him and they suspend me, that's just ridiculous. Are we just going to watch th...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
This tournament is all about mistakes. If you see every game, a team makes a mistake and the other t...
ALEXEI KOVALEV
They have a lot of superstars and they can put the puck in the net and create a lot of scoring chanc...
ALEXEI YASHIN
Every man in the world is either a Realist or a Nominalist. Give yourself a test: if someone called ...
ALEXEI PANSHIN
Valuing names as they do, Realists are sparing with them. They are likely to be known only as Joe or...
ALEXEI PANSHIN
I can guarantee that every cent from Gregory Olsen goes back into the federal space program.
ALEXEI KRASNOV
It's always much nicer when it doesn't hit the post.
ALEXEI YASHIN
He tried to hit me and missed but I didn't miss him. I was lucky I saw him at the last second.
ALEXEI KOVALEV
It was a disappointing season. I never played on such an unlucky team.
ALEXEI YASHIN
We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.
ALEXEI NAVALNY
Well... I graduated from the business school of Northumberland University in Newcastle.
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
We consider Turkey as a reliable partner to transit gas to third countries. Recent developments in U...
ALEXEI MILLER
The puck went in, and the referee admitted that he had blown the whistle before the puck went in and...
ALEXEI YASHIN
We had chances to advance the lead and get momentum.
ALEXEI YASHIN
Remember that time -- the insane mistrust, not just for people but between countries.
ALEXEI LEONOV
dear and intelligent people who decided to show all of humanity that we are different ... but can wo...
ALEXEI LEONOV
When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, ...
ALEXEI NAVALNY
The future is in green energy; it's in making steel for energy-efficient cars.
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the...
ALEXEI NAVALNY
We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession d...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
When we put $4 billion into the U.S. economy, they were OK with this. When we preserved jobs in Dear...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without so...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
It is a very big exaggeration to say I am a friend of Mr. Putin.
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
I don't have any opinions about Russians. There are celebrity persons in each country. Different...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target.
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
People were expecting Rouge to go bankrupt, so there was a lot of anxiety. The corporate culture pro...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
What you need to keep most in the U.S. is the entrepreneurial spirit.
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
Building companies involves creating great wealth. If that means I am an oligarch, OK, it's fine...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
The steel business is a local business. We do believe in the U.S. economy and would like to have a s...
ALEXEI MORDASHOV
Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
ALEXEI NAVALNY
Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now,...
ALEXEI NAVALNY
Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to ...
ALEXEI NAVALNY
I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that t...
ALEXEI NAVALNY
People don't believe in positive changes anymore.
ALEXEI NAVALNY
People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'
ALEXEI NAVALNY