Sochi Quotes

• There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up for equal rights and educating people around the world about the persistence of homophobia. Rather than boycott, I, along with several amazing organizations including Athlete Ally and All Out, plan to use the Sochi Games as a teachable moment for the world.

  Greg Louganis

  Athlete, Gay, Persistence

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• I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.

  Maria Sharapova

  Children, School, Tennis

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• I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

  Vanessa Mae

  Winter, Two, Russia

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• With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak out against Mr. Putin's attacks and the violence they foster. The Olympic Committee must demand the retraction of these laws under threat of boycott.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Country, Gay, Winter

  "Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown". www.nytimes.com. July 21, 2013.

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• We shouldn't forget that in the case of Georgia, a problem was done away with that bothered [Vladimir] Putin personally - that is, the security during the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. Security not in the sense of a guaranteed absence of a terror attack, but in pursuing the aim of moving hot spots of possible conflict farther from the site of the Olympic Games, which are to be held a stone's throw from Abkhazia - that is, in de jure Georgia.

  Garry Kaspárov

  Moving, Winter, Games

  Fuente: www.rferl.org

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• Yo veía la relación con Rusia como algo necesario para EE.UU., para los intereses de EE.UU. Trabajamos muy estrechamente con ellos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Sochi. Trabajamos estrechamente con ellos en el acuerdo nuclear iraní.

  Michael T. Flynn

  Russia, Olympics, Saws

  "Smoke Signals from The Swamp: Meet General Michael Flynn" by Dook Snyder, theberkshireedge.com. October 30, 2017.

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• Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.

  Gary Hustwit

  Mean, Years, Space

  Fuente: www.salon.com

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• If the Russian government continues to pump money into it and makes their national teams train in Sochi and just sort of prop it up as a point of pride, then perhaps. But I don't think anybody living there was begging for multiple 40,000-seat venues to be plopped down in the city.

  Gary Hustwit

  Team, Pride, Thinking

  Fuente: www.salon.com

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• Russia hosts a lot of forums, including the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, [usually in the beginning of summer], as well as the Economic Forum in Sochi.

  Vladimir Putin

  Summer, Russia, Host

  Fuente: thesaker.is

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• The whole world knows that American TV companies have monopolized Olympic broadcasts and in order to please the fans in their country they do everything they can to keep American viewers interested in what is going on at the hockey rink in Sochi. According to their logic, Americans should always win, no matter what. It was absolutely obvious that [Fyodor] Tyutin's goal yesterday should have been allowed. This was clear to the whole world except the American referee, American TV and those officials with American passports who rule international hockey, grossly neglecting all Olympic principles.

  Ivan Ilyin

  Country, Hockey, Winning

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• The mayor of Sochi is now saying that there are no gay people in Sochi. So the only thing that is flaming over there now is the Olympic torch.

  David Letterman

  Leadership, Gay, Class

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• Los Juegos Olímpicos son probablemente lo más importante para los rusos de todo el mundo. Desde que era pequeño, y desde que todo el mundo era pequeño, su sueño era participar en unos Juegos Olímpicos, y más aún si tenemos la oportunidad de representar a nuestro país en Sochi, es increíble y va a ser algo grandioso.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Dream, Country, Athlete

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• Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda.

  George Packer

  Gay, Games, Campaigns

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• While the behavior of the Russian government, Putin and Putin punks are abhorrent, nothing will be changed by boycotting the Sochi Winter Games. In fact, those who are appalled by the treatment of LGBT Russian citizens will lose an incredible opportunity for the world to show their disgust.

  David Mixner

  Gay, Winter, Opportunity

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• No, it's not healed. It happened in Sochi and it's been going on and off all season. It's been bugging me throughout my entire Grand Prix season. Coming here, my foot was bothering me. I knew when to push my foot and when not to. I know that it was all in my head. I knew if I didn't think about it too much, it wouldn't bother me too much. But it's been getting better. Still not fully healed but it's getting much better than it has been.

  Gabrielle Daleman

  Thinking, Feet, Get Better

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• The games haven't even started yet and already there are people complaining about the horrible accommodations at the Sochi Olympic village. Toilets don't flush. The faucets spew discolored water. They say it's like being on a Royal Caribbean cruise.

  Jay Leno

  Games, People, Water

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• Me pasó en Sochi y este año he tenido fascitis plantar en el pie derecho. Eso es lo que más me ha molestado. Tengo mucho tejido cicatricial en la planta del pie derecho y lo noto cada vez que hago una voltereta o un Lutz. Pero cuando más lo noto es cuando aterrizo. Todavía no está curado, todavía me molesta, pero hago lo que puedo.

  Gabrielle Daleman

  Years, Land, Feet

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