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Russia Quotes by Gary Shteyngart
- I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens.
- Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can…
- You can't have a Russian household without vodka. It's just something to wash everything down with. I can't remember a time when I didn't drink…
- Vodka has a huge history in Russia, in that it's almost like a currency. It's the one thing that keeps the country in the dark…
- Italy has sun and tomatoes, and Russia just has real problems.
- Getting out of Russia was the best thing my parents did. I mean, that country will never amount to anything.
- In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become…
More Russia Quotes
- I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition… — Tony Benn
- The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. — Otto von Bismarck
- Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan
- If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia… — Buzz Aldrin
- I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters… — Warren Christopher
- It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice… — Warren Christopher
- Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill
- I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen
- I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders. — Hillary Clinton
- Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs. — Hillary Clinton
- China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its… — Hillary Clinton