III. Just quotes ( Inspirational)

1. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

2. You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" (George Bernard Shaw)

3. You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. (Christopher Columbus)

4. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And Today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. (Babatunde Olatunji)

5. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.(Oscar Wilde)

6. The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.(Theodore Roosevelt)

7. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

8. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.(Martin Luther King Jr. )

9. Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.(Mark Twain)

10. If you want to be happy, be. (Leo Tolstoy)

11. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.(Helen Keller)

12. Everything is okay in the end, if it's not ok, then it's not the end.(Author Unknown)

PUTINKI

"He's a guy like us and he just calls a spade a spade." (Michele Berdy, a Putin watcher and translator)

1. «В ответ на предложение, чтобы российские военнослужащие сейчас приняли участие в операции в Ираке, так и хочется сказать: «Нашли дураков». (На пресс-конференции по итогам переговоров с Берлускони в Риме. 5.11.2003.)   2. «Надо исполнять закон всегда, а не только тогда, когда схватили за одно место». (Из интервью итальянским СМИ. 4.11.2003.)     3. Об обрезании в интимном месте.«Если вы хотите совсем уж стать исламским радикалом и пойти на то, чтобы сделать себе обрезание, то я вас приглашаю в Москву. У нас многоконфессиональная страна, у нас есть специалисты и по этому «вопросу», и я рекомендую сделать эту операцию таким образом, чтобы у вас уже больше ничего не выросло». (На пресс-конференции в Брюсселе по итогам саммита Россия - ЕС. 12.11.2002.)   4. «Если мозги утекают, значит, они есть. Уже хорошо. Значит, они высокого качества, иначе они никому не были бы нужны и не утекали». (На встрече с победителями Всероссийского конкурса сочинений. 5.06.2003.)   5. «Я не хочу сказать, что нам совершенно безразлично ваше мнение и что мы плевать на все хотели. Нет, мы будем прислушиваться к советам... доброжелательным». (На пресс-конференции после встречи с канцлером ФРГ в Осло. 12.11.2002.)   6. «Мы будем преследовать террористов всюду. Если в туалете поймаем, то и в сортире их замочим». (На пресс-конференции в Астане. 24.09.1999.)   7.«Самое простое - махать шашкой, рубить головы и выглядеть на этом фоне крутым руководителем». (На пресс-конференции в Кремле. 20.06.2003.)

1. At a news conference in Rome, May 11, 2003: "In answer to the proposal that Russian troops take part in operations in Iraq, you just want to say, 'Right, like we're that stupid."'     2. Speaking about Russia's oligarchs, who got rich quick after the fall of the Soviet Union, April 11, 2003: "Everyone has to understand, once and for all, that you've got to obey the law all the time, and not just when someone's got you by the short hairs." 3.Alluding to circumcision in answer to what he considered an impertinent question about the war in Chechnya, at a news conference in Brussels, Nov. 13, 2002: "If you want to completely become an Islamic radical and get yourself sliced off, I invite you to come to Moscow. We're a multifaith country and we've got specialists in that 'question' and I suggest you get that operation done in such a way that nothing will grow back."   4.On the emigration of talent from Russia, June 6, 2003: "If there's a brain drain, that means there are brains here. That's a good start. It means they're high quality; otherwise nobody would want them and they wouldn't drain."   5.On contrary opinions, at a news conference after meeting the German chancellor in Oslo, Nov. 13, 2002: "I don't want to say that your opinion means absolutely nothing to us and that we want to spit on everything. No, we will listen to your advice with good will."   6.On pursuing terrorists, Sept. 24, 1999 (perhaps Putin's most quoted remark): "We'll chase down the terrorists everywhere. If we catch them in the toilet, then we'll wipe them out in the outhouse." 7. On talking tough, June 20, 2003: "The simplest thing is to wave around a saber, cut off heads and make yourself look like a tough leader."   Answering a question on what he would really like to do as president, but cannot, June 5, 2003: "I can't go beyond the framework of the Russian Constitution, although sometimes I'd really like to."

Задание 2. Sight Translation