#russia

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#color #felt #first #first time #full

And I love the hate mail I get, the unsigned, misspelled letters I get telling me to go back to Russia or wherever. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#get #go #hate #i #i love

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#feared #had #just #languages #manage

We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#cooperation #good #nato #russia #welcome

Russia is the only place where men and women can be free. ↗

— James Larkin

#men #men and women #only #place #russia

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#communicate #companion #concentrate #could #english

My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again! ↗

— Mathias Rust

#again #angry #been #condition #good

All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind. ↗

— Marat Safin

#behind #city #far #i #i think

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia. ↗

— Marat Safin

#had #i #lot #luck #russia

It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with. ↗

— Marat Safin

#balls #break #buy #courts #impossible