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People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of ethnic conflicts. I want to make it clear that I created my assault rifle to protect my country. You can blame politicians for its spreading out of control on a global scale.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Every Day, Country, Assault, Being Used

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

New, Though, Looked, Engine

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Sad, Proud, Terrorists, Invention

I made it to protect the motherland.

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Protect, Made, Motherland

For years, I had a top secret clearance and never left Russia. Just once did I go to Bulgaria with my wife for a holiday at the Golden Sands resort, but I could not mention my real name. I was allowed to travel abroad only in the early 1990s.

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Had, Allowed, Bulgaria, 1990s

We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.

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Special, Mills, Could, Grain

Life is composed of different inventions. I have continued to work at different things and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Work, Myself, Doing, Different Things

I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Work, Myself, Doing, Different Things

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

I Am, Still, Lot, Hearing

I was probably born with some designing abilities.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Born, Some, Designing

Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and envy.

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Envy, Gun, Feels, Compared

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

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Man, Things, Inventing, Keeps

Life is composed of different inventions.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Life, Different, Composed, Inventions

I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Path, Dozen, Rejected, I Tried

Life can make you do many things, even kiss a man with a runny nose.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Nose, Things, Even, Kiss

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Want, Reliable, Use, Arms

I do not consider the AK to be the best-ever assault rifle.

- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Consider, Rifle, Assault

The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control.

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Control, Sometimes, Side, Negative

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

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Politics, Die, Fact, Designer

I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.

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Education, Experience, Had, Technical

I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.

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Trying, Well, Worked, Perform

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