Vladimir Potanin Quotes
It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should be modest; try not to insult people by showing that you can do what they cannot.
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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
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Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.
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Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves.
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I suppose I arrived at my charitable commitment largely through guilt. I recognized early on that my good fortune was not due to superior personal character or initiative so much as it was to dumb luck.
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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.
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It is not good to demonstrate your luxury and your wealth: to rub it in the faces of others is insulting. So you should be modest; try not to insult people by showing that you can do what they cannot.
