#russian

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#dynamic #especially #into #kind #orchestra

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#childhood #desks #drop #fortunate #had

I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here? ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#authorities #been #book #called #constitution

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#how #men #russians #songs

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#communism #communist #concentration #evil #police

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#american #because #being #either #europe

The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#evil #i #incompetence #like #office

Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#agency #been #bringing #carrying #columbia

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations. ↗

— Colin Powell

#diplomatic #diplomatic relations #enemy #foe #from time to time

The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#democratic #early #final #made #people