I like that quote . It shows they are taking responsibility for their small contribution to the traffic problem they are in <| sep |> Take them to dinner especially if it ' s a parent who doesn ' t want junk . You spend time with them which is priceless . <| sep |> Yup , won ' t argue with that . He basically removed all of them except the ones completely loyal to him , and even then it was arbitrary . Like his closest friends and allies were Georgians but after his wife died , he had them all removed and shot . People have been trying to find patterns , but when it came down to it , those up in higher places were seemingly removed at random . He even got rid of his own NKVD leader in 1938 , the guy that was getting rid of everyone else for him .