More than twenty years ago I had occasion to speak privately with Dallin H. Oaks, who was then president of Brigham Young University. I asked him for one of his keys to a successful life. He blushed a bit at the question, as you would suppose, and then said, "Well, I have always tried to learn something from every person I meet." --Robert L. Millett
My fascination with Russian culture, people, history, and current climate is sometimes hard for me to communicate with people who haven't been there. This diary from The Economist's Moscow correspondent does a pretty good joy of conveying the depth and irrationality of the Russian experience.
