The Russian Vitaly Petrov I feel was the worst newcomer and the worst driver. — Jos Verstappen Copy Share Image
Russian people are not stupid. They know that the system we are living in is undemocratic. — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
The United States and Russian security services regularly exchange information. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In the new Georgia, Stalin is no longer Georgian. He's a Russian emperor. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
All literature has this moral strain, but in Russian literature, it's particularly sharp. — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
How are we to write The Russian novel in America As long as life goes so unterribly? — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations… — Andrew Scott Copy Share Image
'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards. — Philip Sington Copy Share Image
Putin's treatment of Chechnya became a cautionary tale of what would happen to rebels and terrorists - and indeed to entire groups… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
Back in the mid-18th century, in 1745-1747, Ossetia was the first to become part of the Russian Empire. At that time, it… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think somebody who speaks the language is going to notice immediately that I'm not Russian. — Nicholas Lea Copy Share Image
“The only outcome I foresee with Ukraine is the bulk of their men are going to die in war and Russia is… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
There is a very definite Russian heart in me; that never dies. I think you're born and you live your life with… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“When I was growing up, my mom used to tell my sister and me about a leprechaun with a pot of gold… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
We study, as Americans, the extreme aspects of repression under the Stalinist era. We're focused on them. The vast majority of Russian… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“Every morning I called Aeroflot to ask about my suitcase. "Oh, it's you," sighed the clerk. "Yes, I have your request right… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
In effect, I was asking that if Russia mobilized against Austria, the German Government, who had been supporting the Austrian demand on… — Edward Grey Copy Share Image
By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
There's an old Russian saying that goes some way or another. I don't know it. I don't speak Russian. But sometimes I… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people's songs. They… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“V. R. Lang You are so serious, as if a glacier spoke in your ear or you had to walk through the… — Frank O Hara Copy Share Image
I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“ Серафимы I Резнею кровавой на время насытясь, Устали и слуги, и доблестный витязь И входят под своды обители Божьей, Где теплятся… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Learning a language and using it is a skill that we all have. It's just a part of daily life, no different… — Denis Ivanov Copy Share Image
“The Americans with Russian girlfriends--"pillow dictionaries," they called them, aware that these lanky, mysterious women were far better-looking than anyone they'd touched… — Elliott Holt Copy Share Image
“Yet, with all his acuteness, it did not occur to him that Europe was not in the least to blame for his… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Her recoil confirmed the disgust Grant felt inside. Who was he kidding, trying to put Vladimir and Andrei behind bars? He was… — Jennifer Lane Copy Share Image
We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates. — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
