Backsides Quote by Mike Wallace

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking…

— Daniel Nathans

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in…

— Maria Sharapova

Getting out of Russia was the best thing my parents did. I mean, that country will never amount to anything.

— Gary Shteyngart

In 1979, when I was toddler, the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and my whole family fled to Vienna, Virginia. Far from home, my parents were…

— Azita Ghanizada

My family fled the Soviet Union when I was three and a half years old. Upon arriving in New York City in 1979, my…

— Alexander Vindman

I was with a Russian family, and I couldn't believe that the grandparents in Russia, first of all I was shocked and delighted to…

— Philip Rosenthal

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

— Arthur Rock

When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

During my childhood in the Cold War, my family saw America as a great ally in our common struggle to keep back Soviet communism.

— Gavin Esler

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They…

— Mathias Rust

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

— Eric Roberts

Both my parents came with their parents during the revolution in Cuba. Both my parents were born in Cuba. They left everything over there.…

— Dominik Garcia-Lorido