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Mathias Rust

"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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"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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"Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else."

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"Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all."

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"Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls."

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"It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon."

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"There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers."

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"You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land."

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"Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles."

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"The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land."

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"The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one."

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"Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done."

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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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"The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs."
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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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"After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill."
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"I had thought about landing in the Kremlin, but there wasn't enough space."
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"I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate."
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"I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena."
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"Imprisonment hit me so hard - much harder than I had thought."
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"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."
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"I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986."
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