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Painful cleanliness.

     I must confess.

     I have one characteristic that scares me. It seems to me that it is abnormal.

     The fact is that I do not like dirt and mess.

     No. This is not what the others have. Many do not like dirt at home, in their office, in the car. I do …

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A boat

             When a lot of people sit in the same boat, it is important to keep balance. It is necessary that the majority sits in the center. In this way the boat will be more stable.

             It is also important to remain calm and objective in such a boat.…

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The boundary in popularity.

     There is a line in popularity, which in case it is gone over, a celebrity can talk and do whatever he/she wants. Any of his actions will be taken by loyal fans to cheer. Even outright nonsense. In this drivel, they will seek and find a deep meaning and genius.

     The same words uttered by an …

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Etiquette.

      Almost every time I go to Astana’s public places, it ends with a psychological trauma. Every time I want to hang huge posters on the skyscrapers of the city:

     “People! Be tactful and polite!

     Do not jump the queue. Do not push people around. Do not stand close to the person standing in …

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Queues

          I never understood people who having stood for hours in the queue, pushing their elbows, fainting, hurry to buy a new iPhone on the first day of sales or see Star Wars on the day of the premiere, or to have a cup of coffee in the new Starbucks on the opening day.

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Intent and result

             Sometimes a good intention leads to the opposite result.

             I remember when I was 5 years old I saw that the postman was bringing the newspapers in our five-story building only to the second floor and putting them there in the mailboxes.

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Crust

            When I was in the civil service I sometimes violated the rules of the road. I repent. I exceeded the speed limit, forgot to turn on the lights on the track. It really happened.

            But I never thought of avoiding the responsibility for my violations, by the help …

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Family lesson of democracy.

       Recently my son taught me a lesson in democracy.

       That is how it was.

       We drove the whole family (my wife, daughter, son, and I) by car. Our daughter       loves music, and the son – silence. My daughter asked me to turn on the music. My wife and I were not against, so turned it …

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Hadith about self-restraint

             Recently, I happened to be at the auzashar (breaking of the fast) in a local mosque. I listened attentively to the preaching of the Imam. On this day he told the hadith about the restraint of the Prophet.

             Once the Prophet was at sports competitions. People competed in …

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