#russian

Don't you know no one can escape the power of creatures reaching out with breath alone? ↗

#poetry #power #russian-author #writing #inspirational

We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'. ↗

#literature #nikolai-gogol #russian-literature #inspirational

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

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#feel #i #i feel #life #lot

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#brooklyn #communities #friends #hang #i

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#comfort #country #days #doubt #dreary

I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls. ↗

— Emma Watson

#collections #dolls #i #like #places

The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. ↗

— Robin Williams

#brooke #brooke shields #eyebrows #her #love

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#been #between #drama #enough #great

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian. ↗