Difficult Quote by Masha Gessen Download Open image “It's very difficult to write in Russian for someone who has never been schooled in Russian.” — Masha Gessen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Difficult Never Russian Someone Who
Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Russian is a really hard language - but I've got my own personal teacher. He's been really patient. — Rachel Riley 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 Russian. — Till Lindemann 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 not using… — Tim Key Copy Share Image
I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
I taught myself Russian, which was very, very useful, especially for poetry and in fact if you can't read Pushkin in Russian, you're really… — Clive James Copy Share Image
The way the educational system in Russia works is studying a foreign language is part of the program, so by the time you get… — Costa Ronin Copy Share Image
I managed to do some classes in Ukraine but people there didn't really speak English. They spoke Russian so that's what I learned there. — Fred Copy Share Image
Russian is a very deceptive language, because it looks easy at first: it's like setting out for a gentle stroll and realizing that you've… — Armand Hammer 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
I have to admit that I don't even try to speak Russian, though I understand it perfectly. I wouldn't want to insult the language… — Lana Wood Copy Share Image
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into the journalist… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Pussy Riot have certainly changed some people's assumptions about the role of political art and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the church. That's… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Trump, like Putin, has a demonstrably thin skin and short temper when it comes to being criticized by journalists. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Donald Trump creates word salads. And that is awful to language, because we try to parse out what he's saying and try to find… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
It is the first time since 1993 that Russians have come out into the streets without an explicit permission from the government to do… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
In the 1990s, there was a lot of reform, and there was a lot of forward movement on a lot of fronts in Russia.… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Poverty and scarcity are actually very good for totalitarian societies. They maintain that sense of mobilization that's essential for totalitarian societies. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that matters but… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn't… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Consumers can choose organic cotton grown without pesticides, but it uses more water and requires more land than conventional crops. Organic cotton can also… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world. — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
How wonderful it would be, I thought, if only we could practice the teachings of the Buddha as he really taught them from his… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word about life,… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
Lutherans, whose arguments and mistakes will not be difficult to contest or discover, do not want to attribute any value to works, and they… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing something that… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image