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" I'm for restoring Crimea to Russia. Returning what Khrushchev took away."
GRIGORY ILLARIONOVICH
A Crimean Voter
told CNN after voting for Crimea's unification with Russia

"There were 32 green rooms for Indian artists. The green rooms were air conditioned and equipped with food and refreshment facilities. On the other hand there was a makeshift green room for Bangladeshi artists made up of bamboo sticks, enclosed with clothes. There was no refreshment or any other facilities. Why this discrimination? Why did we have to face such a situation?"
SHAFIN AHMED
Vocalist of the Bangladeshi music band Miles
alleging that Bangladeshi artists were neglected by the BCB officials during the opening ceremony of T20 world cup

"I remember when we went to India in 2012; we didn't get applause from the crowd even when we played good shots. It rather worked as a motivation for us and (in these cases) you try more to keep the crowd silent. We always enjoy and feel excited about this when facing India."
MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ
Pakistani Cricketer
in a press conference about the excitement of playing against India

" John Kerry is wrong because he is putting pressure on the wrong side."
GILAD ERDAN
Environment Minister of Israel
saying Washington's top diplomat was "wrong" for pressuring Israel in peace talks, a day before Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visits the White House

"I've been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behaviour of the US government. When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we're protecting you against criminals, not our own government."
MARK ZUCKERBERG
Facebook chief
saying he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance programmes