Behinds Quote by David Finckel

Marty Stanovich was an honorable man.

— Evel Knievel

“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn”

— Manager Lee Vyborny

“He was a mostly mild man with a weakness for passion, a suburban father burdened with the heart of a Russian hero without any…

— Suzanne Berne

“Speransky, either because he appreciated Prince Andrey's abilities or because he thought it as well to secure his adherence, showed off his calm, impartial…

— Leo Tolstoy

I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian.…

— Anthony Horowitz

Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet and chess…

— Gabe Polsky

“After dinner Natasha went to the clavichord, at Prince Andrey's request, and began singing. Prince Andrey stood at the window, talking to the ladies,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“There were a few small slips: after the first lunch on board the Tsar’s yacht Standart, the Kaiser drew Sazonov apart and spoke to…

— Christopher Munro Clark

“Sitting in his old schoolroom on the sofa with little cushions on the arms and looking into Natasha's wildly eager eyes, Rostov was carried…

— Leo Tolstoy

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

— Noah Baumbach

“Yurii Andreievich kept trying to get up and go. The commissar's naïveté embarrassed him, but the sly sophistication of the commandant and his aide—two…

— Boris Pasternak

Cruyff's idea was, quite literally, to play football - nothing more, nothing less. His idea of how football should be played was based not…

— Philipp Lahm