#russia

I love Russia because Russia gave me you. ↗

— John M. Simmons

#love #russia #love

Which brings me to you, Prince Boris. And I'm sorry, but here's the thing... I think you're one of the nicest Russian aristocrats I've ever met and not been forced into an arranged marriage with,' [said the Doctor] ↗

— James Goss

#russian-aristocrats #the-doctor #marriage

The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses ... Stalingrad is no longer a town. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames. And when night arrives, one of those scorching howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure. ↗

— Max Hastings

#russia #stalingrad #war #wehrmacht #wwii

They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#drinking #drunk #liquor #russia #russian

TWO AND TWO MAKES FIVE ↗

— George Orwell

#orwell #russian-revolution #satire #satire

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#always #certain #conversations #each #happens

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#cherished #continue #good #mutually #russia

The population forecast for the United States in 1970 is 170 million. The population forecast for Russia alone in 1970 is 251 million. The implications are clear. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#clear #forecast #implications #million #population

Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#eastern #orthodox #russia

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#call #christianity #churches #communism #communist