#russia

Russia does not want confrontation of any kind. And we will not take part in any kind of 'holy alliance.' ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#any #confrontation #does #holy #kind

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#bikes #guess #i #just #love

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

#contains #pity #russian #single #trophies

Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived up to an agreement. The Pakistanis tried in '08, the Russians tried it when they were there. George Bush tried it in '05. It has never worked. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#bush #children #down #folks #george

Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#another #areas #arrival #back #blocked

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#call #christianity #churches #communism #communist

The major material advantage, financial advantage from having a reserve currency is that between 200 and 300 billion dollar bills, that may be twenty, fifty, hundred dollar bills as well as ones, exist in the world - a lot of them in Russia as you all know I'm sure. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#between #billion #bills #currency #dollar

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

#courage #fit #free #great #our

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#europe #evil #principle #russian #spirit

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis. ↗

— Anna Kournikova

#girl #hair #her #i #like