"Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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"Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union."

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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."

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"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."

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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

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"You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."

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"Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."

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"In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation."

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"To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world."

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"When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage."

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"I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation."

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"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."

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"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."

"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."

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"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."

"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."

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"But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country."

"Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."

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"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."