Speaking to the press following a "postively productive" meeting with Bill Clinton (24 October 1995)
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One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
• Alternative translation: those anticipating a failure of the meeting "have failed" ("вы провалились").
— Boris Yeltsin
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
• Alternative translation: those anticipating a failure of the meeting "have failed" ("вы провалились")." in the context of "Speaking to the press following a "postively productive" meeting with Bill Clinton (24 October 1995)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Boris Yeltsin" (Quotes, 1990s)
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About Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian and former Soviet politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990, he later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism.
About Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian and former Soviet politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990, he later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism.
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