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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

What Do You Dream of?

18 June, 2002 - 00:00

Vitaly MARHULIS, general director, the Association of Consulting Firms of Ukraine:

“Like anybody, I have both personal and general dreams. I dream of a prosperous and happy future for my granddaughter. But this will become possible only if my more global dream comes true: when representatives of state organs of all levels change their way of thinking. I would also like some changes in life conditions, so that everybody lived not only in a beautiful apartment but in a beautiful city. However, this will also come true only with a psychological evolution among our bureaucrats.”

Olha TAUKACH, general director, Hravis Television Company:

“When a dreamer wakes up in me, I try not to forget that dreams are material. Today I dream of our company’s new project, the “Telemehapolis” show, which was launched ten days before our professional holiday to gain popularity. I dream of celebrating the next Day of Journalists with a new successful television project. I have a dream that politics did not prevent Ukrainian television from developing (I don’t even dream of any assistance). I dream of my son receiving excellent marks on his finals and entrance examinations next year, my husband to finish remodeling his theater and invite us all to a premiere at the Suzirya [Constellation] Theater Studio with its unique atmosphere. I have a dream that we all become a little more confident in ourselves and in our future and had braver and bigger dreams. And I wish that all our dreams come true!”

Valentyn SHESTOPALOV, actor, Russian Drama Theater:

“When I was a little boy, my parents once took me out for ice-cream. They bought me a classic children’s portion: two scoops weighing 100 grams. And next moment I burst with envy: some military man ordered ten! I swore to myself that when I grow up I will order as many scoops as I want. Now I am adult and can eat ice cream even several times a day. But I haven’t put my dream into practice yet: I just don’t want to.

“Seriously, I have two dreams. First is a mundane one: to enter a subway car and see young people giving their seats to the elderly. Second is to achieve such mastery in our theater that our audience understood us without translation in any given country. In fact, this is what I work on now.”

Iryna LEBEDYNSKA, director, Kyiv Gender Center for Science and Education:

“Not long ago my daughter turned to me with the same question. Considering my answer, I suddenly realized that I’m loosing an ability to dream. Thus, primarily I would like everybody, no matter how old he/she is, to preserve this wonderful trait.

“According to statistics, in our country there are 8% more women than men. I wish that with time women’s presence increased in other statistical indicators too. I dream of a civilized and intellectual Ukraine, a Ukraine of strong and self-sufficient women.”

Zinovy KULYK, political scientist, editor-in-chief, PIK magazine:

“I don’t rank myself among hopeless dreamers. All my dreams come as a result of pondering existing problems and the desire to solve them. My minimum program in terms of my profession is to create equal technical, social, and economical opportunities for both domestic and foreign mass media. Under conditions of an absolutely open information space one should still be a master in his own house. My maximum program is to cure some media and the country in general of speaking in common (meaning empty) terms. We did not drop a habit of using absolutist slogans, simply replacing them with new ones, like long live globalization. Few people realize that this is not an issue of today: in principle, the whole of world history with its wars and trade is a process of globalization. However, today one should pay special attention to those using this term and consider their goals. If by globalization they mean unification, one should be careful. We are worried when some plant or animal species disappear, but somehow relax our vigilance when it comes to a domestic variety. I dream that against the background of intensified international connections Frenchmen stay Frenchmen and Ukrainians remain Ukrainians. And we, media representatives, should be the first to protect this interest.”

Vyacheslav KREDYSOV, head of administration, Nova Formatsiya Association:

“Recently our association marked its fifth anniversary. We like to stress that this is only half the age of our country. Our activities’ main goal is to correct deformation in relations between all fields of life. At present, unfortunately, there is an obvious disproportion: the state sector dominates, demonstrating lack of respect for business sector and completely ignoring society. The dream of our association members is to correct this asymmetry before our tenth anniversary.”

Compiled by Natalia MELNYK, The Day
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