Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
I certainly wouldn't say that we loved the arms race. Trillions of dollars were used to stoke it. For our economy, which was smaller in size than the American economy, it was a burden. But one cannot agree with the statement that the arms race played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.
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Hollywood forgets easily. I want to be fulfilled and challenged.
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
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No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.
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Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
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America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists.
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I analyzed you, though you did not adore me.
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(I) try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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What I want to focus on tonight is the state of our democracy. Understand, democracy does not require uniformity but democracy does require a basic sense of solidarity - the idea that for all our outward differences, we're all in this together; that we rise or fall as one.
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I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.
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I certainly wouldn't say that we loved the arms race. Trillions of dollars were used to stoke it. For our economy, which was smaller in size than the American economy, it was a burden. But one cannot agree with the statement that the arms race played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
