#t

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#elections #even #hardest #i #including

I never knew what an extraordinary thing it could be to write a book. In the first place, the characters take the bit between their jaws and canter off with you into places you don't want and never catered for. I had smugly intended my book to be about a family rather like ours, but, lud love you! it's already turned into an account of a barmaid's career in an Edgware Road pub, and I can't squeeze us in anywhere! Odd things happen, too. I had called my pub, 'The Three Feathers,' and counted on there being heaps of pubs in Edgware Road, not called that, but looking a bit like my description. Before we left home, I went down Edgware Road to investigate, and found my pub, even down to the old-fashioned phonograph on the table in the upstairs sitting-room. And I thought, 'I built that place. ↗

— Rachel Ferguson

#family

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#advocate #big #expression #freedom of expression #freedom of speech

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #cannot #could #delayed #election

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#dec #military #troops #were #withdrawn

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#better #came #change #conclusion #continue

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#against #assassinations #attempted #me #were

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #chechnya #determined #discussed #federation

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#common #common cause #generation #i #i remember

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#actually #am #each #happy #honest