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A Man's A Man For A' That Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that. Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, an' a' that; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that, an' a' that, His ribband, star, an' a' that: The man o' independent mind He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted kn...

Never say die. Never say die.

There will be no winners in Third World War. The world will begin again or... not begin. Let's take care of peace in while we can.

Strip any politician and you only see a naked body. Why do they think that they have the right to seal my fate?

Olga Romanova,  a member of International Federation of Artists. http://olgaromanova.tema24.ru/ “Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works of necessity, that he himself is only an insignificant part of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other things which please us in the world though we can’t explain them; people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.” Picasso

..."God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separated us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager? According to reason, you can do neither the one thing nor the other; according to reason, you can defend neither of the propositions". Blaise Pascal

Is this our Future?

The world falls into the abyss of new war. People! Don't you like to live in peace? Do you get tired of peace and quiet? You are not afraid God. You don't want to think about your future. The war will spare no one. Memento mori!

If the separatists shot down the plane Boeing 777 - this was the terrorist attack. If Russia shot down the plane Boeing 777 - this was terrible crime. If Ukraine shot down the plane Boeing 777 - this was an unfortunate misunderstanding. If the USA shot down the plane Boeing 777 - let the Boeing 777 blames itself.

You think the world is multipolar. You are wrong. There is the USA and there are the remainder. You think there are many opinions. You are wrong again. There is the USA opinion, so, and so only.

Politicians are not afraid History, and in vain. History is the memory of the people. Whom you will remember? A hangdog? A dictator? A killer? Or may be people will be remember you as a holy man, a man who helped one's neighbour. You will be decide.

They are afraid of us because an evil-doer will always be afraid truth. Evil attacks first.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion-tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people. Bernard Shaw

1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Psalm 23

Every empire is weirded to downfall. Babylon will be raze again.

The Ship of Fools   Satan was the first politician. He created a policy that people fought each other all the time. A politician can not be a good man because the good men doesn't stay too long in the bedlam. The madmen rule the world. We are drifting  across the ocean of life by the Ship of Fools. It's pitiful sight.

There are no the East and the West. There is the humanity which lives in the Earth.

Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intense quality of life. (George Bernard Shaw)

I'll always be in unequal conditions with other artists because I am a Russian and I am a Christian.