I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table. |
With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded. |
That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world. |
Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect. |
History is more interesting than politics. |
Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave. |
I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow. |
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature. |
I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received. |
In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary. |
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me. |
Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another. |
Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't. |
If geography is prose, maps are iconography. |