Quotes about Russian

I have a Russian heart. Votes: 3

I am of Russian-Jewish distraction. Votes: 3

I read Russian literature a lot. Votes: 3

I'm okay. Russian machine never breaks. Votes: 3

I speak a little bit of Russian. Votes: 3

The Russian soul is a dark place. Votes: 3

The Russian soul is a dark place. Votes: 3

My government is in no sense anti-Russian. Votes: 3

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian. Votes: 3

The Russian parliament has condemned the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Votes: 3

Frankly, we should publicly increase them [ anti-Russian sanctions ]. Votes: 3

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian. Votes: 3

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics. Votes: 3

Homeland of patience, land of the Russian people. Votes: 3

Are they Russian by way of the Ozarks? Votes: 3

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant. Votes: 3

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation. Votes: 3

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island. Votes: 3

The Kettlebell is an Ancient Russian Weapon Against Weakness Votes: 3

Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun Votes: 3

Russian talk of political evil is as natural as eating ... Votes: 3

The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. Votes: 3

I have no relationship with the Russian government at all. Votes: 3

I'm a bad Jew, a bad Russian, a bad everything. Votes: 3

The Russian norm is an extremely barbaric state of mind. Votes: 3

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people. Votes: 3

Im Russian Jewish. And I had to grow up really quickly. Votes: 3

Russian women are very friendly with makeup, almost too friendly sometimes. Votes: 3

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character. Votes: 3

If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian. Votes: 3

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales. Votes: 3

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales. Votes: 3

A Russian Reversal quote on Uncyclopedia's Soviet Union article? How original. Votes: 3

Russian men have a saying: "Women are like buses..." That's it. Votes: 3

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition. Votes: 3

I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people. Votes: 3

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation. Votes: 3

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity. Votes: 3

We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates. Votes: 3

To allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable. Votes: 3

When you vote, you play Russian Roulette with a magazine fed pistol. Votes: 3

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. Votes: 3

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. Votes: 3

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it. Votes: 3

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president. Votes: 3

Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player. Votes: 3

The question is, do you want to play Russian roulette with your brain? Votes: 3

I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language. Votes: 3

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins. Votes: 3

This European and really pro-Russian nationalism is seeping into America. It's very disturbing. Votes: 3

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. Votes: 3

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great Votes: 3

In Russia, they say I'm a Pole, in Poland they call me Russian. Votes: 3

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism. Votes: 3

Let's play Russian roulette. If you win, I give you a Colombian necktie. Votes: 3

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality. Votes: 3

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly! Votes: 3

He was a natural, and in the Russian way, tragically above these banalities. Votes: 3

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian. Votes: 3

The relationship between a Russian and a bottle of vodka is almost mystical. Votes: 3

I am a human being, a citizen of the Russian Federation, a Russian. Votes: 3

My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French. Votes: 3

I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian. Votes: 3

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. Votes: 3

America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy. Votes: 3

I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police - the GOP. Votes: 3

With a rumble and a roar, an iron curtain is descending on Russian history. Votes: 3

Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough Votes: 3

Controversy chases the Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin the way a dog chases a stick. Votes: 3

My dad's Russian. My mother's English. I would say my bottom half is Russian. Votes: 3

A Russian child asked his mother : "does God know we don't believe in Him?" Votes: 3

I hadn't planned on going to law school. I wanted to study 19th-century Russian literature. Votes: 3

Apparently I’ve been typecast in science fiction: I’m a Russian bisexual telepathic Jew. Votes: 3

I think that our American people will welcome a Russian military force for peace-keeping purposes. Votes: 3

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish. Votes: 3

It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. Votes: 3

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing Votes: 3

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing. Votes: 3

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration. Votes: 3

...the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia apparently cherry-picked Russian climate data. Votes: 3

In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy. Votes: 3

The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue. Votes: 3

Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that. Votes: 3

Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls. Votes: 3

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent. Votes: 3

The Donetsk People's Republic is the self-declared pro-Russian government that wants to break away from Ukraine. Votes: 3

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens. Votes: 3

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian. Votes: 3

I think somebody who speaks the language is going to notice immediately that I'm not Russian." Votes: 3

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries. Votes: 3

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality. Votes: 3

I think somebody who speaks the language is going to notice immediately that I'm not Russian. Votes: 3

Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew. Votes: 3

Russian cars are silly. They look like imports drawn by a cartoonist for a UAW newsletter. Votes: 3

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. Votes: 3

Under the international agreements, the Russian peacekeepers are committed to protect the population of South Ossetia. Votes: 3

In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, "Gordon's alive!" Votes: 3

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. Votes: 3

How are we to write The Russian novel in America As long as life goes so unterribly? Votes: 3

The biggest Russian problem - not all Russian jerks have moved to the US and UK yet. Votes: 3

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place. Votes: 3

The Russian people and Russian culture are the linchpin, the glue that binds together this unique civilization. Votes: 3

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart. Votes: 3

For a Russian to be chivalrous with an American is a spiritual impossibility, a conradiction in terms. Votes: 3

It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world. Votes: 3

I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. Votes: 3

Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. Votes: 3

Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days. Votes: 3

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. Votes: 3

I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering. Votes: 3

Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms. Votes: 3

I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company. Votes: 3

The Russian people chose democracy at the beginning of the 1990s and this was their final choice. Votes: 3

Walt Whitman's a hell of a lot more revolutionary than any Russian poet I've ever heard of. Votes: 3

I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls. Votes: 3

By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West Votes: 3

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. Votes: 3

Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish. Votes: 3

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian. Votes: 3

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention. Votes: 3

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years. Votes: 3

The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history. Votes: 3

I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking. Votes: 3

In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable. Votes: 3

We know the Russian methods exactly. I haven't the faintest intention of being taken prisoner by the Russians. Votes: 3

There's the blazing Russian Caucasus, with an ongoing war all against all, which is not to be neglected. Votes: 3

Russian Ark,' I adore - I almost cried at the end of that film, it's so beautiful. Votes: 3

We are now debating and talking about a story [Russian hacker attack] based on something that isn't true. Votes: 3

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Votes: 3

Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process. Votes: 3

As my Russian improves, I become increasingly conscious of just what sort of a society I live in. Votes: 3

I'm proud to say that there is not a single Russian nuclear missile pointed at an American child. Votes: 3

Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives. Votes: 3

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community, Votes: 3

We would like to draw the attention of our partners, of potential investors to the Russian Far East. Votes: 3

The East German manages to combine a Teutonic capacity for bureauracy with a Russian capacity for infinite delay Votes: 3

That is almost the whole of Russian literature: the phenomenal coruscations of the souls of quite commonplace people. Votes: 3

The Russian Dept of Tourism has declared Ukraine its most dangerous destination. Many Russian tourists have disappeared there. Votes: 3

I'm just as white as I am black, and I'm just as Russian Jew as I am West Indian. Votes: 3

Even with the help of anti-Russian propaganda in the mass media, Germany has not succeeded in damaging this sympathy. Votes: 3

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi. Votes: 3

Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! what store of riches it imparts! Votes: 3

Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them. Votes: 3

The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters. Votes: 3

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport. Votes: 3

Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime. Votes: 3

I think that the solution of the question of numerical superiority of Russian conventional forces has to be solved. Votes: 3

The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a climate suicide pact. It is playing Russian roulette with six bullets in your gun. Votes: 3

That's kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay. Votes: 3

I'm told that a couple of my Russian translations are just plain terrible, though, and there may be others. Votes: 3

When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it. Votes: 3

We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards. Votes: 3

Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian. Votes: 3

I've been to the Titanic in a yellow submarine and the North Pole in a Russian nuclear ice breaker. Votes: 3

How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Votes: 3

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army. Votes: 3

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette. Votes: 3

Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality. Votes: 3

Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun. Votes: 3

I believe that renunciation of the Soviet Union was an expression of the free will of the Russian people. Votes: 3

I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis. Votes: 3

I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier. Votes: 3

The benefits brought to the Russian people by Bolshevism exist only on paper painted in glowing colors by Bolshevist propaganda. Votes: 3

Sure, my uncle killed himself playing Russian Roulette. But I choose to remember him as a great Russian Roulette player. Votes: 3

I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy. Votes: 3

Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower. Votes: 3

According to the oil and gas industry and their proponents, I am a communist, terrorist, Nazi, Russian-sympathizing, anti-American, arsonist, extremist. Votes: 3

We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically. Votes: 3

I'm no linguist, but I have been told that in the Russian language, there isn't even a word for freedom. Votes: 3

If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon. Votes: 3

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. Votes: 3

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and the key is Russian nationalism. Votes: 3

I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut. Votes: 3

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers. Votes: 3

The Russian revolution was to an unprecedented degree the cause of the proletariat of the whole world becoming more revolutionary. Votes: 3

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important. Votes: 3

[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma. Votes: 3

condoms are about as effective against AIDS as a twenty-four-chamber gun instead of a six-chamber gun when playing Russian roulette. Votes: 3

What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield! Votes: 3

She decided that day to study Russian, the language of violence, terror, and absurdity. She knew she would never be bored. Votes: 3

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here. Votes: 3

I think if German literature could survive the '40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google. Votes: 3

When a Russian pig has to be beaten, it would be the ordinary German worker who would have to do it. Votes: 3

I don't have many Russian friends. My childhood friends are dead - either from bad health, or they died in perestroika. Votes: 3

When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two. Votes: 3

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint. Votes: 3

I assure you that interest in Japanese culture in Russia is just as strong as interest in Russian culture in Japan. Votes: 3

I had a minor in Russian history, and this was at the time when the big Cold War was going on. Votes: 3

Stop tryin to be loud as me, cause you can't do that, Think about it...playing Russian roulette with an automatic! Votes: 3

Gari in Russian means "burn!"... I want to test myself, a trial by fire, so that my I is burned off. Votes: 3

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. Votes: 3

Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day. Votes: 3

People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions. Votes: 3

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders. Votes: 3

To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian. Votes: 3

I mean Donald Trump is a legitimate president. He won fair and square. He didn't win the election because of Russian interference. Votes: 3

What were you going to do tonight?" "I was going to listen to the songs of Rachmaninoff." "Who's that?" "A dead Russian. Votes: 3

I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated. Votes: 3

The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it. Votes: 3

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis. Votes: 3

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue. Votes: 3

There are Russian spies here now. And if we're lucky, they'll steal some of our secrets and they'll be two years behind. Votes: 3

I was satisfied with haiku until I met you, but now I want a Russian novel, a 50-page description of you sleeping. Votes: 3

The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing Votes: 3

When a person in a Russian prison decides to start speaking, to start speaking the truth - they start to reject oppression. Votes: 3

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. Votes: 3

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. Votes: 3

If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian. Votes: 3

Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it's minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos. Votes: 3

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian. Votes: 3

I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed. Votes: 3

Vladimir Putin is a dictator. He's not a leader. Anybody who thinks otherwise doesn't know Russian history and they don't know Vladimir Putin. Votes: 3

Trotsky was essentially a Western mind. Lenin was a Russian, and unlike most other revolutionary exiles, wherever he went he was a Russian. Votes: 3

t.A.T.u. did a Russian version of 'All The Things She Said' and it was even better than the English version! Votes: 3

I reckon that there won't be an intervention in the near future, because Georgia's military adventure revealed the weakness of the Russian army. Votes: 3

The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature. Votes: 3

The thing is, however strange it may seem, that the interests of the United States and of the Russian Federation do coincide sometimes. Votes: 3

The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde. Votes: 3

The Russian proposal over Iran's uranium enrichment program is considerable, but it has some problems and ambiguities to be clarified in future talks. Votes: 3

[Marxism will] in a generation or so [go] into the limbo of most heresies, but meanwhile it will have poisoned the Russian Revolution. Votes: 3

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by Andrei Platonov, who ended his days sweeping streets. Votes: 3

We have a professional relationship [with Chancellor Angela Merkel].2016 is the year of the German-Russian youth exchange, so the relations are moving on. Votes: 3

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach. Votes: 3

We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden. Votes: 3

Persecution mania is still around. In your writing, in your exchanges with people, meeting people who are in Russian affairs, Russian literature, etcetera. Votes: 3

This is like playing Russian roulette with a Luger rather than a revolver. One bullet, one chamber - and we're pulling the trigger. Votes: 3

Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on society. Votes: 3

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. Votes: 3

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. Votes: 3

Russian ladies, for the most part, cherish only Platonic love, without mingling any thought of matrimony with it; and Platonic love is exceedingly embarrassing. Votes: 3

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make. Votes: 3

I do think Russian foreign policy is very savvy. There's a need for great caution because the Russians are able to discreetly blackmail countries. Votes: 3

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president. Votes: 3

I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits. Votes: 3

Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone. Votes: 3

I have Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to thank that a Russian writer can not only write anything he wants, but also publish it. Votes: 3

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias. Votes: 3

One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country. Votes: 3

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic. Votes: 3

It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people Votes: 3

I'm not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling. Votes: 3

The administration [of Barack Obama] is going to have to figure out, you know, a tough response on the basis of this [Russian] hacking. Votes: 3

Where is it written that if you don't like religion you are somehow disqualified from being a legitimate American? What was Mark Twain, a Russian? Votes: 3

The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it. Votes: 3

We need an investigation, because we don't know what Donald Trump owes Russia. We don't know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business. Votes: 3

The Russian male audience, they loved 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' and they like my comedies, but the Russian male audience is action, action, action. Votes: 3

The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way. Votes: 3

I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you? Votes: 3

We have been protecting the lives of the Russian peacekeepers who had been attacked by their Georgian comrades, because there was a joint peacekeeping force. Votes: 3

Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development. Votes: 3

The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation. Votes: 3

I do love the Waldorf-Astoria, though. You know, I hear that from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian tea room. Votes: 3

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode. Votes: 3

There was no comparison between [American troops] and the Russian combatants we fought in Afghanistan, who were braver and more patient than their American counterparts. Votes: 3

This [climate change] is potentially so dangerous that we have to act strongly. Do we want to play Russian roulette with two bullets or one? Votes: 3

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. Votes: 3

My favourite city is Moscow, because of its history, which I find fascinating. As I learned to speak Russian, it made it even more interesting. Votes: 3

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish. Votes: 3

The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence. Votes: 3

Any adjective you put before the noun 'writer' is going to be limiting in some way. Whether it's feminist writer, Jewish writer, Russian writer, or whatever. Votes: 3

It seems to be in fashion among Russian politicians to blame Berezovsky for everything. Soon they'll be holding him responsible for global warming, earthquakes and tsunamis. Votes: 3

We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planet’s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble? Votes: 3

Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda. Votes: 3

I don't like the mentality that comes with rich Russian men. Because they have money, they think they can buy a woman - and they do. Votes: 3

I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia. Votes: 3

I taught myself Russian, which was very, very useful, especially for poetry and in fact if you can't read Pushkin in Russian, you're really missing something. Votes: 3

Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level. Votes: 3

Of all my Russian books, the defense contains and diffuses the greatest 'warmth' which may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract Chess is supposed to be Votes: 3

First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position. Votes: 3

I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship. Votes: 3

Donald Trump, again and again, has praised Vladimir Putin and it's clear that he has business dealings with Russian oligarchs who are very connected to Putin. Votes: 3

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Votes: 3

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors. Votes: 3

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization. Votes: 3

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society. Votes: 3

I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about. Votes: 3

Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette. Votes: 3

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian. Votes: 3

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think? Votes: 3

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators. Votes: 3

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has. Votes: 3

You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk. Votes: 3

No Jewish blood runs among my blood,but I am as bitterly and hardly hatedby every anti-semiteas if I were a Jew. By thisI am a Russian. Votes: 3

I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club. Votes: 3

I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for Russian music. Votes: 3

Moreover, the accomplishment of Russia's aims has been greatly simplified by the fact that we have heretofore offered the world no practical antidote for the Russian poison. Votes: 3

I have a nut allergy. When I was at school the other children used to make me play Russian roulette but force-feeding me a packet of Revels. Votes: 3

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since. Votes: 3

Russia itself is a European country, and not just because our major political and economic centres are in Europe, but because Russian culture is primarily European culture. Votes: 3

At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death. Votes: 3

The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies. Votes: 3

Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside. Votes: 3

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness. Votes: 3

With Russia, it is almost similar to China: people there have had it up to here with the West! The Russian people suffered immensely from Western imperialism. Votes: 3

I've been going to Russia since 1979. I've been going quite frequently, and I've always had a wonderful rapport with the Russian audiences and with the Russian people. Votes: 3

We should be I hope finally realizing what Vladimir Putin is. He's an old colonel, KGB, apparatchik, and he dreams of the restoration of the Russian empire. Votes: 3

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest. Votes: 3

I am happy to announce that we have reached an agreement on the question of transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation. Votes: 3

I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas. Votes: 3

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months. Votes: 3

It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia. Votes: 3

I saw Chekhov a number of times in English, and I thought that it translates very well in English, for some reason, from the Russian to the English. Votes: 3

Here is the thing: I have seen several times that anti-Russian cards are being played during domestic campaigns in the United States. I find this approach very short-sighted. Votes: 3

Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style. Votes: 3

Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara. Votes: 3

I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling Stones a lot! Votes: 3

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance. Votes: 3

The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes. Everyone else is struggling. Votes: 3

A certain wise man once said that God didn't play dice with the universe, but that man was wrong. Sometimes I think He must even try Russian roulette. Votes: 3

Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations couldn't be better spent? Votes: 3

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. Votes: 3

King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers. Votes: 3

The Russian revolution is one of history's car wrecks. We do know the ending, but we continue to watch. It expresses aspects of human nature we find unacceptable. Votes: 3

Molly was committing dinner by that time, aided and abetted by Sanya, who seemed to take some kind of grim Russian delight in watching train wrecks in progress. Votes: 3

There is no such thing as Russian fascism. You won't find a single Russian who considers Russians to be a superior race and who advocate expulsion of aliens. Votes: 3

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. Votes: 3

I had a moral opposition to eating before dawn on the grounds that I was not a nineteenth-century Russian peasant fortifying myself for a day in the fields. Votes: 3

I'm playing an Amazon warrior princess in a new radio comedy series called 'Elvenquest,' and I'm playing a Russian genius in the comeback of 'Red Dwarf.' Votes: 3

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! Votes: 3

The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime. Votes: 3

Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales. Votes: 3

It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we were both playing Russian gangsters. Votes: 3

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy. Votes: 3

I always thought that socialism here would be peculiarly American, with some reasonable, post-industrial evolution between working-class needs and market forces. It won't be bloody like the Russian Revolution. Votes: 3

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers. Votes: 3

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters. Votes: 3

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian. Votes: 3

At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death. Votes: 3

[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with the Russian patriarch of the Orthodox Church. Votes: 3

We know from the company we hired, Kraus Stripe , that there was Russian involvement in this to destabilize not just our institution, the Democratic Party, but our democracy itself. Votes: 3

What finally scuppered Napoleon's Europe was of course the fatal combination of the English Channel and the Russian winter; the same unlikely partnership that also did for Hitler's Europe. Votes: 3

There is a famous Russian cartoon in which a hippopotamus, in the bush, points out a zebra to another hippopotamus: 'You see,' he says, 'now that’s formalism. Votes: 3

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more. Votes: 3

Russia's biggest problem is organized crime and its leaders are influenced by the Russian mafia. But it's not right to call it a Russian mafia, it's a Jewish mafia. Votes: 3

I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets always return in flesh or on paper. Votes: 3

I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It reminds me of her. Votes: 3

Of all the games I've done, the only time I've ever lost my voice was on 'Call Of Duty 2,' playing a rasping Russian captain on the Stalingrad level. Votes: 3

The first song is called 'London.' It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime. Votes: 3

Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James. Votes: 3

I have to admit that I don't even try to speak Russian, though I understand it perfectly. I wouldn't want to insult the language by testing out my pronunciations Votes: 3

The aviation industry, including combat air force, has been traditionally developing here. It is the Russian Far East where the SU aircraft, which are well known worldwide, are manufactured. Votes: 3

My mother's Puerto Rican and my father's Russian-Jewish, so we consider ourselves to be Jewricans or Puertojews. I think Puertojew sounds like a kosher bathroom, so I prefer Jewrican. Votes: 3

The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '90s. They will not be led astray. Nobody should be having any doubts. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton's top priority when she became secretary of state was the Russian reset. The Russian reset. After the Russian reset, the Russians invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea. Votes: 3

[John Cassavetes] came backstage afterwards and introduced himself and we talked a bit, and then went for a little coffee at the Russian Tea Room next door. It just...started. Votes: 3

The Russian economy is tanking. It's gotten so bad that today Vladimir Putin had to pawn his stolen Super Bowl ring. And Putin will finance his next invasion on Kickstarter. Votes: 3

What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance. Votes: 3

Let's not forget that one poll after another clearly demonstrates that well over 50% of Russian citizens still wants both socialism and the USSR back. And the Russian government is listening. Votes: 3

My niece is - her name is Sasha, is currently learning Russian at Melbourne University and I look forward to the day when I can talk to her about Pushkin. Votes: 3

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. Votes: 3

Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories. Votes: 3

President Obama is in China. Also in China is evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. They're both in China at the same time. It's like running into your ex-girlfriend on vacation. Votes: 3

I took a Russian class at Notre Dame. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would fly someday in a Russian spacecraft with two cosmonauts, speaking only Russian. Votes: 3

It [Bach's cello suites] is like a great diamond," said [Mischa] Maisky in a thick Russian accent, "with so many different cuts that reflect light in so many different ways. Votes: 3

I don't want to think any longer simply in terms of the Spanish Revolution or the Russian Revolution. It doesn't make any sense to talk [Peter] Makhno to an American. Votes: 3

Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression. Votes: 3

Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've committed yourself to scaling Himalayan peaks. Votes: 3

There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the United States of America and the Russian people. Votes: 3

What man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble. Votes: 3

I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be being able to combine those elements into a character. Votes: 3

It`s the only time my education has come in remotely handy. -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing" script into Russian to acquire a Slavic accent. Votes: 3

[Donald] Trump`s incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke on the phone with Russia`s ambassador the same day President Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats and imposed new sanctions on Russia. Votes: 3

For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is... not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside. Votes: 3

China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with some of those funds, with China's largest investment funds. Votes: 3

Remember evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? He vanished for 10 days. He had disappeared and there were a lot of rumors. One rumor was he had disappeared because he had himself executed. Votes: 3

I believe in this tragic hour you can make the right choice. The honor and glory of Russian men of arms shall not be stained with the blood of the people. Votes: 3

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies. Votes: 3

The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov once said: In a Democracy, portraits of a nation's leader should never exceed the size of a postage stamp. That won't happen so quickly in Russia. Votes: 3

As my name might suggest, I'm Jewish. My grandparents were Polish and Russian Jews who came to Australia in the late 1920s, and had they not, we wouldn't be talking now. Votes: 3

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society. Votes: 3

I was interviewed by the Moscow Times and they said how's it feel to know that every Russian school child has to read your Teenage Survival Guide? I said slightly terrifying. Votes: 3

There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life. Votes: 3

I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre. Votes: 3

Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why so many Russian writers were so tortured. Votes: 3

This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb. Votes: 3

As soon as I finished the Russian course, I was sent to Korea with the task of trying to establish an agent network, a network in the so called maritime provinces. Votes: 3

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier. Votes: 3

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. Votes: 3

It was a Russian airplane that was bombed over the Sinai Peninsula. When the Russians conduct air strikes on IS, they are doing so because they too are threatened by terror. Votes: 3

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World. Votes: 3

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment. Votes: 3

The extraordinary thing that we saw here is the incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, basically having a text messages back and forth with the Russian ambassador to the United States. Votes: 3

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes, that the peasants would soon be on their side. Votes: 3

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs. Votes: 3

The withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops and dependents from Germany since 1991 is described by historians as 'the biggest pullout ever by an army not defeated in battle.' Votes: 3

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal. Votes: 3

Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much higher basis, at a higher level under the sanctions regime? Votes: 3

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place. Votes: 3

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated. Votes: 3

If I remember, Russia, 20 or 30 years ago, you'd get shot trying to leave. Today, Russian tourists are all over the world. You have Russian oligarchs with big yachts all over the world. Votes: 3

The only other scenario that could explain everything, up to and including your own bizarre apperance, is a convoluted conspiracy theory involving the Russian Mafia and a crack team of plastic surgeons. Votes: 3

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other. Votes: 3

If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it. Votes: 3

Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance. Votes: 3

I watched him [a 'fat Russian agent'] with some interest, for it was the first time that I had seen a person whose profession was telling lies -- unless one counts journalists. Votes: 3

In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me. Votes: 3

Russian literature saved my soul. When I was a young girl in school and I asked what is good and what is evil, no one in that corrupt system could show me. Votes: 3

When the boys at school found out I had a potentially fatal peanut allergy, they used to hold me up against a wall and play Russian Roulette with a bag of Revels! Votes: 3

There are many children who need help, and anyone who wants to reach out and adopt a child from foster care or from a Russian orphanage should reach out and do it. Votes: 3

I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish. The Russian is Jewish. So I'm your classic American mutt. Votes: 3

When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great for a platza treatment - plus, you'll run into the world and his wife there. Votes: 3

Poison Pill is a great reading. The novel ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of it in a mode of high suspense. Votes: 3

Donald Trump seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous. Votes: 3

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. Votes: 3

Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price oil. And number three, Lindsay Lohan has quit drinking vodka. Votes: 3

There is also a huge potential for developing the aviation and space industries. As you might have noticed we have launched a new Russian spaceport in one of the Far Eastern regions. Votes: 3

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature. Votes: 3

The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character. Votes: 3

When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me. Votes: 3

Ballet is certainly appreciated in New York, but it has been a part of the Russian culture, history and heritage for hundreds of years, so it's much more instilled in the Russian blood. Votes: 3

A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut can't be creative. He has to follow a predetermined detailed checklist written by an engineer and if he gets a little creative he'll never fly again. Votes: 3

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point. Votes: 3

The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature. Votes: 3

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy Votes: 3

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. Votes: 3

Nietzsche, to the end of his days, remained a Russian pastor's son, and hence two-thirds of a Puritan; he erected his war upon holiness, toward the end, into a sort of holy war. Votes: 3

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. Votes: 3

Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities. Votes: 3

We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people, and we met two women on the road. Votes: 3

After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of moral indecision and equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next. Votes: 3

Next year [2017], we are going to hold a series of events there that we would like to call Russian Seasons [in Japan]. Over 40 different activities - and what is more, in different cities. Votes: 3

Bearing all this in mind, we see that there is no Russian national understanding which would permit the early establishment in Russia of anything resembling the private enterprise system as we know it. Votes: 3

You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want. Votes: 3

I'm extremely interested in the Russian formalists and have been for many years. I'm more drawn to their writing, which is expressive and literary, than to writing which is extremely academic or jargon-ridden. Votes: 3

Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor the West wants a Russian NATO conflict to erupt. Votes: 3

We've made clear our view, which is we support the Russian proposal. It's within the context of the EU diplomacy aimed at getting Iran to re-suspend its enrichment activities and return to negotiations. Votes: 3

Finding the Russian scientists may be a problem being that Russia does not have a Social Security System, as here in America, that allows us to monitor, track down and capture an American citizen. Votes: 3

The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of human sacrifice, runs through the whole of Russian history Votes: 3

I write five, six days a week. The thing is capturing the voice. I feel like I've been perfecting one voice - in different iterations, sure, but the Russian-ness has always been the undercurrent. Votes: 3

The Soviet Union at this time was being run by the Communists, a group of men fierce in their dedication to wearing hilariously bad suits. Their leader was Josef Stalin (Russian for "Joey Bananas") Votes: 3

I got history solidly under my belt, reading Russian history and biographies. I couldn't change the facts. I could only play with how the people might have responded to the facts of their lives. Votes: 3

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. Votes: 3

Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What's important is the result, the taste of the borscht. Votes: 3

The more they lack material things, the more they indulge themselves when they can, but the less is their satisfaction with this world and they hunger for life after death(on Russian slave laborers.) Votes: 3

To be a Russian writer at the end of the nineteenth century must have meant bearing an inescapably bitter fate. The more they tried to escape from Russia, the more deeply Russia swallowed them. Votes: 3

The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale. Votes: 3

If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price. Votes: 3

If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth. Votes: 3

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example. Votes: 3

I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British. Votes: 3

I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer. Votes: 3

The Russian proposal is ambiguous. If they want to propose enrichment (only) in Russia we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary or parallel plan, we will study that. Votes: 3

None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess there was "usually" and then there was being held in the grip of a really ripped, really tall, and really pissed off Russian guy. Votes: 3

Lake Baikal in Russia has 25 percent of the freshwater resources of the world. Sixty-five percent of the Russian ecosystems are in danger. So let's preserve what we have, and let's take good care of nature. Votes: 3

French is the most beautiful,— he said, “and Italian is the most poetic, and Russian the most powerful, German the most solid. But more business is done in English than in any other. Votes: 3

There is no need to exaggerate the part played in the creation of the Bolshevism and in the actual bringing about of the Russian Revolution by these international and for the most part atheistical Jews Votes: 3

I'm sure the most favorite airplane in my career would still be the Sabre F86 cleft wing , which allowed me to be credited with 2 Russian-built Mig-15 destroyed during the Korean War. Where I was in 1953. Votes: 3

Russian people, like their Chinese comrades, are well aware of what is going on. And there are tens of millions of their martyrs who are reminding them what is to be expected from the West. Votes: 3

[Jack] Kerouac was writing fiction. What he did when he wrote about me...he made me out with Russian Countesses and Swiss accounts and other things I didn't have or didn't happen and so on. Votes: 3

The Union was destroyed against the will of the people, and it was done deliberately - with the participation of the Russian leadership, on the one hand, and that of the putschists, on the other. Votes: 3

It's been reported - in fact, The New York Times has reported that intelligence agencies have told the White House that they now have, quote, "high confidence" that the Russian government was behind the hack. Votes: 3

She's like snow in Russian," said Anna. "Snow in the evening when the sun sets and it looks like Alpengluhen, you know? And if snow had a scent it would smell like that [the rose].... Votes: 3

It is true that the role of the state in the Russian economy may be too big today, but from the fiscal standpoint, it is not always practical to do this in a falling market. Votes: 3

Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn't that just echo down the canyons of your soul? Votes: 3

Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.' Votes: 3

Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win. Votes: 3

All theorems have three names: a French name, a German name, and a Russian name, each nationality having claimed to discover it first. Once in a while there's an English name, too, but it's always Newton. Votes: 3

When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art. Votes: 3

The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews -- that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage. Votes: 3

The word begone is a Russian doll. A small, single word, which contains so many others; and when all the smaller words inside line up, they look like a bridge: Be Beg Ego Go On One. Votes: 3

I love the dancers in the Bolshoi, but all of my Moscow friends are outside the company. A friend introduced me to Vika Gazinskaya, a well-known Russian designer. I met her group. The rest is history. Votes: 3

She has slimmed down since the height of impeachment, her thick blow-dried hair as shiny as Russian sable and her creamy cleavage, as historic in its own way as Mount Rushmore, was quite wonderful to behold. Votes: 3

I didn't get the Russian Jew part because they didn't think I looked Russian or Jewish enough - and, mind you, I am both Russian and Jewish - so I was cast as the racist Mexican. Votes: 3

Non-Russian readers do not realize two things: that not all Russians love Dostoievsky as much as Americans do, and that most of those Russians who do, venerate him as a mystic and not as an artist. Votes: 3

That bomb that took down that Russian airliner may have been the size of a soda can. And that bomb killed more people than all the Paris attackers combined. So this is still a grave threat. Votes: 3

I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now never in Russia; I am Austrian citizen. But definitely I am Latin! Votes: 3

The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect. Votes: 3

Grandma frowned and yelled something in Russian. She could have been saying, 'Open up, your best friend is here.' On the other hand, it could have been, 'America is a great country because of canned ravioli. Votes: 3

I've got a very wide taste in art. I like Russian icon painters. I like Salvador Dali. It's like music. Sometimes you want to hear Led Zeppelin, and sometimes you want to hear Stravinsky. It just depends. Votes: 3

Even American women are not felt to be persons in the same sense as the male immigrants among the Hungarians, Poles, Russian Jews,--not to speak of Italians, Germans, and the masters of all of us--the Irish! Votes: 3

First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices on them. Votes: 3

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events - pogroms and flights and murders and the revolution that drove my mother to come here. Votes: 3

I love Russian, because it's delicious to speak like that. If you have to speak French, you can also do that, because it's not difficult. Accents are a cool thing to do. And I love doing them. Votes: 3

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific what Tolstoy is to the Russian novel and what Beethoven is to music. Votes: 3

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist. Votes: 3

I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around. Votes: 3

As the local police department might want to decrypt a phone of a criminal suspect, so would the Chinese or the Russian or the Iranian intelligence agencies like to be able to do exactly the same thing. Votes: 3

I am an English-speaking Canadian, but my entire family - Russian exiles and the Canadians they married - is buried in Quebec, and if Quebec were to separate, I would feel I had been cut in two. Votes: 3

This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism Votes: 3

ISIS has brought down a Russian airliner. ISIS has now attacked a western democracy in - in France. And we do have a role in this. Not solely ours, but we must work collaboratively with other nations. Votes: 3

After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't have done it in a Russian accent.' No, he's great. He's a good guy. Votes: 3

We are going to set up a branch of the St Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre here [on the Far Easter]. We are also planning to open local branches of the Hermitage Museum and the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Votes: 3

I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. Votes: 3

Having translated two plays by Chekhov, and not speaking Russian myself - I cannot say one sentence. This may shock people... However, I am not shocked, as it is not hard to find out what the words mean. Votes: 3

My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a fete in Aix-en-Provence; He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis. Votes: 3

Can we live without Russian gas in Europe? The answer is no. Are there any reasons to live without it? I think - and I'm not defending the interests of Total in Russia - it is a no. Votes: 3

I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit. Votes: 3

The true messianism of the Russian Church is not what the Slavophiles have imagined, but it is the example of suffering. It is in this way that she shows that she is the continuation of Christ in this world. Votes: 3

When I came to North America, it was hard. It was hard to understand, hard to get someone to understand me. I only knew Russian. I studied French in school, but it didn't help. I forgot most of that. Votes: 3

I mean, it would be very easy to make an inflammatory statement on what we ought to do on cyber. I don't think that that's productive. But to allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable. Votes: 3

In all my life I never met anyone so frivolous as you two, so crazy and unbusinesslike. I tell you in plain Russian your property is going to be sold and you don't seem to understand what I say. Votes: 3

I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go. Votes: 3

I mean that at least 80% of the Russian people feel destitute. It's the people who had their past and future taken from them - they don't get paid - many of them face a wall. They have nowhere to go. Votes: 3

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.' Votes: 3

So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage. Votes: 3

I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want to learn Russian. And, because of my life, I'm not able to do any of these. Votes: 3

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish. Votes: 3

I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else. Votes: 3

I love the Russian classics very much, the Russian classical literature. But I also read modern literature. As far as Russian literature is concerned, I am very fond of Tolstoy and Chekhov, and I also enjoy reading Gogol very much. Votes: 1

We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom. Votes: 1