Mikhail Khodorkovsky Quotes
Putin regards me as the most dangerous person, and when they were releasing me from jail, the only condition was that I leave the country. And when they did push me out of the country, to make sure that I wouldn't come back, they opened up a criminal case against me - a new one.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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Hamm: There's something dripping in my head. A heart, a heart in my head.
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A celebrity now is someone who's on the telly.
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Putin regards me as the most dangerous person, and when they were releasing me from jail, the only condition was that I leave the country. And when they did push me out of the country, to make sure that I wouldn't come back, they opened up a criminal case against me - a new one.
