“In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this.”
“If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.”
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| Nick Faldo, Athlete (1957) |
| Steve Forbes, Businessman (1947) |
| Elizabeth Gilbert, Novelist (1969) |
| John Glenn, Astronaut (1921) |
| Jack Irons, Musician (1962) |
| Elizabeth Jennings, Poet (1926) |
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