Natalya Vavilova: Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter
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Quotes
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Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : Where did you find him?
Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova : In the train.
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : I didn't know you were cruising for men in trains. I'm a little surprised.
Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova : Not half as surprised as I am, though.
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Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : You mean that you want to marry her?
Georgiy 'Gosha' : Yes.
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : Have you known her for a long time?
Georgiy 'Gosha' : Forty-four hours and about twenty-two minutes.
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : But Mother has always been of the opinion that you have to know a man well to marry him, and that takes time.
Georgiy 'Gosha' : Right, to marry a person after only a two-day acquaintance is a very thoughtless act. It's best to wait about a week. So you can let me know next Wednesday.
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Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : Why didn't you continue your education?
Georgiy 'Gosha' : What for?
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : To become an executive.
Georgiy 'Gosha' : Should everyone be an executive?
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : No, not at all, but everyone wants to.
Georgiy 'Gosha' : Ever hear of the Roman emperor Diocletian? At the very height of his empire, he just gave away the crown and settled down somewhere in the country. And when he was asked to take over again, he said: Once you've seen the cabbages that I've grown, you'll stop asking me.
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : He never went back?
Georgiy 'Gosha' : No. You see, not everybody wants to be some kind of leader. Although it seems to be the only case in the history of the world.
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Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova : Using your fists is no way to settle problems.
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : And if they don't understand words?
Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova : Then you didn't explain properly.
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Nikolay : Does he have any particular marks I can look for? A scar, for instance?
Aleksandra - Katerina's Daughter : Not that I know of.
Katerina 'Katya' Tikhomirova : They took out his appendix.
Nikolay : That's not what I meant.
