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“I finish writing the emails and send them. I check that Yulia has access to the banking apps-a fairly pointless exercise because all my accounts have been frozen for months by lawsuits filed by "Putin's chef," Yevgeny Prigozhin, a man who, in the days of the U.S.S.R., was convicted of aggravated robbery but has now become, thanks to his friendship with Putin, "a successful entrepreneur" with a monopoly on the food supply to the day cares and schools of Moscow. We are running out of time. One more meeting is scheduled. I call Leonid Volkov, our chief of staff, Maria, and Kira. Yulia joins us. We briefly discuss the plan of action for each possible scenario: we get home without hindrance; I am arrested at the airport and jailed; I am detained, then released, and the Kremlin waits for the indignation to subside and then has me arrested; nothing happens, but I am arrested in a couple of weeks on a different charge, and so on. These scenarios are approaches the Kremlin has already used on us. In the twenty-first century you are confronted not just by the machinery of a repressive state but by the PR machinery of that state. Public opinion is what matters to all the players. The same action performed in subtly different ways can either leave people unmoved or enrage them and bring them out onto the streets to demonstrate. Everything has to be taken into account, including what day of the week it is and the weather.”

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Author:Alexei Navalny
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“I finished kindergarten and 3 grades in Russia. I don't really remember anyone talking about religion back there. Over here kids start asking me stupid shit right away... like ARE YOU JEWISH. ARE YOUR PARENTS RICH... obviously not. Now, I have a question for YOU. Are those things supposed to go together somehow? Will you give me lots of money if I give you a little part of penis perhaps? How does that whole Making money out of nothing scheme work exactly? I've been trying to figure this shit out for 20+ years now. Mnuchin promised people like me 1200 bucks a month ago. I still didn't get shit. WTF. Im pretty sure he said "Immediately" TWO MONTHS ago.”

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Author:Dmitry Dyatlov
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“I finished VCA at the height of the last big recession in the early 90s, and seeing that I was not going to be able to join one of the dwindling number of commercial galleries, I started an ARI called the Basement Project which ran for three years. Things came a little at a time and all of a sudden it's 20 years later and I'm still making art, which is really all I ever wanted to do.”

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Author:Patricia Piccinini
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“I fiori di pero sconsolatamente sciupati dalla pioggia ispirano una sensazione di pietà, i fiori di aronia illuminati freddamente dalla luna suscitano un’impressione di tenerezza. Del tutto differente è la vista delle ombrose camelie. Hanno un aspetto tenebroso, velenoso, terrificante. Proprio perché superficialmente sono abbigliate con tinte sgargianti. Inoltre non sembrano voler civettare con gli uomini né attirarli. Vivono quietamente nell’ombra dei monti, lontane dagli sguardi umani, per centinaia d’anni, e all’improvviso sbocciano e cadono, cadono e sbocciano. Basta uno sguardo per essere perduti. Chi posa i suoi occhi su di loro non potrà più sfuggire alla magia. Quella tinta non è un semplice rosso. È uno strano rosso, come il sangue di un prigioniero giustiziato, che spontaneamente attrae gli sguardi degli astanti e sgomenta i loro cuori. Mentre le contemplo, una rossa corolla cade sull’acqua. Nella tranquilla primavera solo lei si muove. Poco dopo ne cade un’altra. Quel fiore non perde mai i suoi petali. Più che spampanarsi, scivola dal gambo ancora intero. E, di colpo, apparentemente senza rimpianti; vederlo intero anche sul suolo incute una sinistra impressione6. Cade un altro fiore: se continuano a cadere così, penso, l’acqua dello stagno diventerà rossa. Mi sembra che intorno ai fiori che galleggiano serenamente ci sia un alone vermiglio. Ne cade un altro. Rimane così quietamente sospeso che quasi non si capisce se sia caduto sul terreno o sull’acqua.”

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Author:Natsume Sōseki
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“I fireballed him as he was seeking out treasure after we wiped out a band of orcs, playing rock-paper-scissors with each orc to determine who would prevail in combat. This is a lot more exciting than it sounds. It's quite civilized, and a little weird. You go running after someone through the woods, catch up with him, bare your teeth, and sit down to play a little roshambo.”

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Author:Cory Doctorow
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“I firmly believe in and support everyone's right to freedom of artistic expression. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is my artistic expression, and it is my right to say that its female characters be portrayed by women. The concept of a play set in a beauty parlor where men portray women is a terrific idea. If that is someone's artistic expression, I encourage them to write their own play as soon as possible.”

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Author:Robert Harling
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