#ay

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#corruption #done #government #government officials #i

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#fight #get #makes #manager #managers

I enjoyed retirement the right way... linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#con #enjoyed #i #plenty #red

What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#anyway #cannot #court #court decision #decision

I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#changed #coming #happens #i #i think

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#change #i #people #power #stay

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#first #know #landmark #person #place

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#desmond #i #life #my life #over

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#leaves #little #little attention #pay #prefer

What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children? ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#ask #being #children #dozen #got