#russ

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. ↗

— Edward Teller

#had #hydrogen #i #no regrets #now

If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space? ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#railroad #russia #space #why #women

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#constantly #exploration #forward #great #great responsibility

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake. ↗

— Eric Roberts

#back #being #especially #go #love

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#imagination #much #only #read #russia

It feels very good to sing in Russian. It feels so good inside my body. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#feels #good #inside #russian #sing

The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#moscow #never #power #pride #russians

For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#dead #dog #lion #living #many

Business in Russia was not being done like in the West, with contracts. In Russia, hundreds of millions of dollars were going forward and backward by word of mouth. ↗

— David Reuben

#being #being done #business #contracts #dollars

I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But this burst of speed comes from an older adrenaline, some limbic other. Not courage, but a deeper terror. I don't want to be left alone. And I am ready to defend Ossie against whatever monster I encounter, ... and save her for myself. ↗

— Karen Russell

#karen-russell #courage