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“I don't want to interfere in U.S. elections.”
“Why is Poroshenko going for a second term? So that he doesn't get a first.”
“It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up.”
“Let's build a country of opportunities, where everybody is equal before the law and where the rules of the game are honest and transparent, and the same for everyone.”
“I want to do something to change the mistrust towards politicians.”
“We should show Chernobyl to the world: scientists, environmental specialists, historians and tourists.”
“In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be popular in the U.S.A.”
“I'm sure that in the future, every part of the world will recognize that Holodomor is a huge tragedy for Ukraine, and was actually the destruction of Ukrainian people.”
“The Ukrainian nation, as no other nation, understands and is fully aware of the tragedy and its scale of all the lost lives of the Ukrainian Jews during the Second World War.”
“People don't really believe in words. Or rather, people believe in words only for a stretch of time. Then they start to look for action.”
“We as a country have something to learn from Israel, especially in the areas of security and defense, and we will of course be doing that.”
“We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology.”
“I will not agree to go to war in the Donbass. I know there are a lot of hotheads, especially those who hold rallies and say, 'Let's go fight and win it all back!' But at what price? What is the cost? It's another story of lives and land. And I won't do it.”
“If there is no Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when everyone will understand... it's not the war in Ukraine, it's the war in Europe. We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone, because that is immoral.”
“If I meet Putin, I'll say to him: 'So you've finally given us back our territory, how much more are you ready to give as compensation money for taking away our land and helping those who took part in the escalation in Crimea and Donbass?'”
“All the money I have, I made with my talent.”
“To all the countries of the former Soviet Union: look at us, everything is possible.”
“I'm the type of person who responds to facts.”