The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

Even true believers had consciences, Too bad.

My life is a very simple life thank you

Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected quotations from the works of Lenin and a discussion of the lessons to be learned from the readings. It is very much like a church service.

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.