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You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this!


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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...
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