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Such needless death, so unnecessary, so tragic — Amy Harmon

They had had about enough time to get their bearings and blow up one train when they ran out of food supplies. — Masha Gessen

It turned out that capitalism alone could make people not only rich and happy but also poor, hungry, miserable, and powerless. — Masha Gessen

Rigidity is always the opposite of the search for truth. — Masha Gessen

Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent. — Masha Gessen

Genius has to pass over madness and madness over genius — Salvador Dali

Half of the population is behind bars and the other half is guarding them,' Russians have said of their country since the times of Stalin. — Masha Gessen

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep. — Masha Gessen

I don't want to tell people what they should think. — Aasif Mandvi

Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them. — Rita Hayworth

Angleterre Hotel, — Masha Gessen

But if one examines the fine shades of postwar Soviet poverty, — Masha Gessen

It's not natural for people in the opposition to leave. It's always a personal catastrophe. — Masha Gessen

Stop worrying about approval and appreciation. Enjoy the beauty and effect of contributing to the universe. — Debasish Mridha

When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed. — Masha Gessen

The servant may not look to be in better case than his master. — Thomas More

The ability to discuss things was still the most highly valued commodity in the Soviet Union. — Masha Gessen

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay. — Mary Cheney

To create, and to confront, one has to be an outcast. — Masha Gessen

The people who came were not always the ones who most needed to escape: they were the ones most capable of escaping. — Masha Gessen

An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain. — Thomas A. Edison

You don't have to teach fish how to swim; they are born knowing they will rule the waters. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Are you putting on airs? — Masha Gessen

Plainly I was not interested, being chosen but not chooser. — Morrissey

No one is easier to manipulate than a man who exaggerates his own influence. — Masha Gessen

As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children — Masha Gessen

such as first-grader Vladimir's sporting a wristwatch, — Masha Gessen