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.
- Lennart Meri
Always, In The Past, Hunters, Fishermen
Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.
- Lennart Meri
Another, Bit, Our, Civilisation
With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded.
- Lennart Meri
Swimming, Never, Always, Streams
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.
- Lennart Meri
World, Times, Throughout, Understood
I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.
- Lennart Meri
I Am, Compliments, Always, Estonia
I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table.
- Lennart Meri
Busy, Looking, Too, Notice
Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.
- Lennart Meri
Security, Like, Either, Virginity
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.
- Lennart Meri
Mirror, Check, Waste, Shave
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.
- Lennart Meri
Big, Will, Cities, Liberate
If geography is prose, maps are iconography.
- Lennart Meri
Geography, Prose, Maps
Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.
- Lennart Meri
Shy, Need, Intellect, Traveling
I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow.
- Lennart Meri
Never, Could, General, Milk
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