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"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"
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"My biggest musical influences are probably my parents."
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"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."
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"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."
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"When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat."
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"Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind."
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"A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone."
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"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
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"The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world."
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"We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory."
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"I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking."
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"I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism."
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"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"
Parents

"I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards."
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"My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties."
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"The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs."
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"I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square."
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"Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought."
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"I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space."
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"I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena."
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"I wanted to choose somewhere public, because I was scared of the KGB."
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