Lilia Shevtsova quotes

“Russia is actively using gas diplomacy for its expansion over the ex-Soviet space in a bid to become a regional superpower.”
-- Lilia Shevtsova

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“Ukraine is the instrument for Russia to test the West's 'red lines'”
-- Lilia Shevtsova

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“Autocratic leadership existed in Russia for many centuries, changing only its ideological colors and method of legitimization.”
-- Lilia Shevtsova

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“We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO.”

“Tomer: “What's this?” Cabinet: “Wt's ths?” Wedge: “Cabinet.” Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.” Cabinet: “...ts tlkng” Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.” Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.” Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.”

“Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

“The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?”

“When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.”

“I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.”

“A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.”

“From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness by identificatory processes of various kinds.”

“Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.”

“Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.”