Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian… — George Packer Copy Share Image
I haven't shifted language. I'm writing in English because I like it. I'm a sucker for the language, but the good old… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Learning how to and being expected to know how to fly an international partner vehicle is quite something, especially having to do… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
I am an Irish Catholic person. I've been a man and a woman. I speak Russian, sort of. And then I'm very… — Katya Zamolodchikova Copy Share Image
For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war, and in part before their very eyes,… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
Russian literature saved my soul. When I was a young girl in school and I asked what is good and what is… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
Russian women like to be feminine. Even if it's minus-10 degrees and snowing, a Russian woman will still be in her stilettos. — Dasha Zhukova Copy Share Image
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
China has created very good investment tools, including an entire network of very large funds. The Russian Private Investment Fund works with… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“There would be another, less formal tribute to the best of the 1972 series: the name [Phil] Esposito eventually found its way… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I've developed this love of trashy Russian literature. There's a women's detective series that I was obsessed with for a while, written… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Skaz is a rather appealing Russian word (suggesting "jazz" and "scat", as in "scat-singing", to the English ear) used to designate a… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You know, I grew up in the East part of Germany so we never had English in school, we had to learn… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate… — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
I have to admit that I don't even try to speak Russian, though I understand it perfectly. I wouldn't want to insult… — Lana Wood Copy Share Image
I've sung in Russian, I've done an anecdote in Russian and a poem in Russian. My mother can no longer say I'm… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I did not have any private meetings nor do I recall any conversations with any Russian officials at the Mayflower Hotel. — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“He loved three things in this life: Vespers, white peacocks, And old maps of America, Didn't love children crying, Raspberries with tea,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“Будь я на месте ребят из «NIKE», я бы точно сменил промо слоган для территории России с «Just do it» на «Do something».” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all… — Dagmar Godowsky Copy Share Image
I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish.… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
I was used to Essex boys growing up. Russian boys are a lot more gentlemanly and thoughtful. They will express their emotions… — Rachel Riley Copy Share Image
Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
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… — Sophia Myles Copy Share Image
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… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt… — Mathias Rust Copy Share Image
“Nemoj budit odsanjane snove, nek miruje ono čega ne bi. Odveć rano zamoren životom,samo čemer osjećam u sebi.” — Sergej Jesenjin Copy Share Image
Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts! — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering. — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian… — Cote de Pablo Copy Share Image
Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that. — Charles Horner Copy Share Image
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
The imputation to Brodsky of Russian nationalist views is, of course, paradoxical and worth considering. — Keith Gessen Copy Share Image
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![“[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.” quote by Dagmar Godowsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bd9/dagmar-godowsky-48841_cathedrals_on-rachmaninoff-he-was-the-most-russian_1963247.jpg)
