#russian

We must remember, too, that the Russian population of the Caucasus are to a large extent Muslims, and the areas such as Georgia which have aspirations of their own. ↗

— Aly Khan

#aspirations #extent #georgia #large #large extent

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#between #brutal #decadence #difference #our

LUBOV. I'm quite sure there wasn't anything at all funny. You oughtn't to go and see plays, you ought to go and look at yourself. What a grey life you lead, what a lot you talk unnecessarily. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#russian #true #funny

One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk. ↗

— Marina Tsvetaeva

#russian #writing-advice #writing-advice

I speak the language of love. That’s right, I speak Russian. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#language-of-love #love #russian #love

Вообще, знаешь, в чем разница между сексом и любовью? Секс - это действие; занятие любовью - состояние. ↗

— Anatoly Toss

#inspirational #love #inspirational

Not sorry, not calling, not crying All will pass like smoke of white apple trees Seized by the gold of autumn, I will no longer be young. ↗

— Sergei Yesenin

#life-changing #russian-poetry #sorrow #change

...some men say get them crying on your shoulder and you have the sheets half-unfurled already. Other fellows say get them laughing. I say get them drunk. I ordered up more Riesling... ↗

— Stewart Hennessey

#russian-revolution #sex #women #men

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#communism #first #first world #first world war #fruit

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #effort #had #i #justified