Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be a lesson that strengthens you.
I have always been a very independent person, and I still am.
——一九二八年四月十三日斯大林在联共(布)莫斯科组织的积极分子会议上所作的报告《关于中央委员会和中央监察委员会四月联席全会的工作》
"The past never leaves us; we carry it in our eyes and in our voices."