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Every one of us is going to die eventually, but we as a species will stick around for a while. That’s why I think accumulating money, fame or power is irrelevant. Serving humanity is the only thing that really matters in the long run.

— Pavel Durov

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Notes from Wikiquote

In reference to his expatriation from Russia after refusing to breach the privacy of VK users for the government

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