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" I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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" We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography. "

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" I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go. "

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" I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. "

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" I've been hurt quite a few times. "

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" I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts. "

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" People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. "

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" I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care. "

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" I'm a product of Russian culture, but I never felt it was my country. "

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" My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable. "

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