318 Russian Quotes for You to Enjoy

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another. Ryszard Kapuscinski

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In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Government You Past Criminal Russia Russian No-One Nobody Document Terrible Policy Said Official Modern Soviet Any Formal Assessment Ever

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. Ryszard Kapuscinski

God Religion First Understanding State Positively Several Russian Russians Something Oppressive Authority Sent View Reasons Why Orthodox

Although I don't understand Russian, I like the sound. Ryuichi Sakamoto

Russian Like Although Understand Sound

I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He pioneered the use of aerial photography in forestry in the 1950s, and we think he worked as a spy for the CIA during the Cold War, mapping Russian installations. Sarah Parcak

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For Russian food, I like the Zhiguli restaurant. Sasha Pivovarova

Food Restaurant Russian Like

We then came to the Soviet Union. One day we were walking and carrying our banner and distributing a few leaflets in Russian to people, and we met two women on the road. Satish Kumar

Day Women People Met Few Our One Day Carrying Russian Road Came Were Walking Soviet Soviet Union Banner Then Union Two

I had studied Russian in college. I had gotten into it first through literature and then just really found it kind of fascinating; of course, this was during the Cold War. So they were kind of the other great enemy that you grew up hearing about. Scott Shane

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It's sad to think right now, but probably the Russian and Chinese government know more about Hillary Clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the United States Congress. And - and that has put our national security at risk. Scott Walker

Sad Government National Congress Think Our States Members Security About Russian Risk More Put Know Hillary Clinton Than National Security Chinese Chinese Government Now United United States Server Right

We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region. Sergei Lavrov

Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation. Sergei Lavrov

Citizens Russian Attack Attacked Federation Being Against

We have been getting out of the situation where we found ourselves in the early '90s, when the Soviet Union disappeared and the Russian Federation became what it is - you know, with no borders, with no budget, no money, and with huge problems starting with lack of food and so on and so forth. Sergei Lavrov

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Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. Sergei Lavrov

Military Response Has-Been Citizens Russia Russian Entirely Attack Been Georgia

'Daddy used to be a Georgian,' Stalin's son, Vasily, once said. Actually, the dictator didn't truly become Russian; he remained Georgian culturally. Yet he embraced the imperial mission of the Russian people. Simon Sebag Montefiore

Son People Become Once Embraced Russian Russian People Remained Imperial He Mission Said Truly Georgian Dictator Stalin Used Daddy Actually

The Russian Revolution mobilized a popular passion across the world based on Marxism-Leninism, fueled by messianic zeal. It was, perhaps, after the three Abrahamic religions, the greatest millenarian rapture of human history. Simon Sebag Montefiore

History World Passion Three Revolution Religions Rapture Russian Perhaps Greatest Human After Fueled Human History Across Popular Zeal Based

I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas. Sophia Myles

Good Me Way Russian Blank Blank Canvas Because Makes Maternal Very Quite Which Canvas Much Grandmother Mongrel

Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders. Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Women Agriculture Drive Holding Prohibit Sector Jobs Russian Federation Trucks Industries Often Cannot Certain Regulations

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors. Stanley B. Prusiner

History Science Architecture Opportunity Economics Numerous Extraordinarily Philosophy Besides Russian Had Study Knowledgeable Courses Taught The History Of Professors

There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.' Stellan Skarsgard

War Best Director Seen Films Constantly See Russian Struggling Allowed He Days Named Come Were His Authorities Did War Movies Movies Themselves Communist Who Express Ever

I love Coney Island. I saw all different kinds of people - Russian, Italian, black, Puerto Rican, rich people in Sea Gate and in the co-ops. You'd see people in the co-ops or in the houses, and it was like, Man, I wish I could have this. I wish my mother and father could buy me this. Me being an independent thinker, I was like, I'm gonna get that. Stephon Marbury

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Trump is what the Russians call a useful idiot, someone in service to the Russian Federation, either unwitting or wittingly. Steve Schmidt

Service Idiot Russian Someone Russians Federation Call Trump Either Useful

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads. Stewart Brand

Best Energy Down Tool Weapons Russian Percent Taking Disarmament Terms Been American Far Turning Electricity Nuclear Nuclear Energy

The Russians as a people had no point of conflict with the Germans; the conflict came from their respective imperialistic policies. When the Russian people learned that imperialism was historically wrong, they set up a revolution in 1917 and overthrew imperialism at home. They then negotiated for peace separately with Germany. Sun Yat-sen

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We certainly would not be here, living and working on the International Space Station without the commitment and dedication of all the folks who worked the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs as well as the Russian Space Program. Sunita Williams

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