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
Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts! — Alexander Pushkin 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
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
In the Soyuz, the little Russian capsule, you can actually hear the banging of the big shield, the big heat shield on… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“He loved three things alone: White peacocks, evensong, old maps of America. He hated children crying, and raspberry jam with his tea,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
“Books were her refuge. Having set herself to learn the Russian language, she read every Russian book she could find. But French… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring… — Ralph Boston Copy Share Image
The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The withdrawal of more than half a million Russian troops and dependents from Germany since 1991 is described by historians as 'the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It's funny because I'm so used to acting in English that any time I have these moments where I have to speak… — Ksenia Solo Copy Share Image
So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry and of Russian and Jewish events -… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
“I will never go back. For the simple reason that all the Russia I need, after all, is with me--always with me.… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“He used to tell her... that it was because Russia had left a chill in his bones. Lola Plum believed it, only… — Shannon Noelle Long Copy Share Image
I love Russian, because it's delicious to speak like that. If you have to speak French, you can also do that, because… — Hector Elizondo Copy Share Image
Here I am: a Russian-speaking Jew living in Canada, and you, an Indian ex-patriot living in San Francisco. All of a sudden… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
“ Muse When at night I wait for her to come, Life, it seems, hangs by a single strand. What are glory,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
When you have those two languages - an analytic one like English and a synthetic, very sensual thing like Russian, you get… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Rose: "If you'd teach me to swear in Russian, I might have a new appreciation for it."Dimitri: "You swear too much already."Rose:… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
My intention still is to write a play to commemorate, possibly rather skeptically, the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution. I started… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
I consider myself Russian-American because I'm American by ethnicity and by passport, but I spent all my forming years over in the… — Lana Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
“Max,' I said, looking up at him, 'I love the Russian heritage you guys are so willing to share, but I'm not… — Shannon Delany Copy Share Image
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat… — Richard Elman Copy Share Image
The 1960s was a period when writers in the West began to be aware of the extraordinary eloquence and popular attraction of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“In the old man's face there was nothing very special - save that the chin was so greatly projected that whenever he… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is… — Kathleen Troia McFarland 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
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
