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Like many Russians, I was troubled by the little-known Putin's KGB background and his sudden rise to power by overseeing the brutal 1999 war to pacify the Russian region of Chechnya. But along with my countrymen, at the start I was grudgingly willing to give Putin a chance. Yeltsin had badly tarnished his democratic credentials during his 1996 reelection by using the powers of the presidency to influence the outcome, and I confess that I wa..
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My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.
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Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
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You must also have a sense of when to stop.
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We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest.
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In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.
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I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage.
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Garry Kasparov |
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Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.
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Garry Kasparov |
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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
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Garry Kasparov |
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Reforms are only institutional if they have a real effect on how people live.
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Garry Kasparov |
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Great leaders are formed only by taking on great challenges.
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Garry Kasparov |
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The NSA is to the Stasi what a bad hotel is to a maximum security prison.
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