"A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame."
-Boris Yeltsin
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"We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.“
-Boris Yeltsin
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
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