Well I was in Russia. I wasn`t allowed to be religious. My whole family was in the holocaust. My grandparents passed and not many survived. After the holocaust in Russia you were not allowed to be religious. So my parents raised me to know I was Jewish. You know who you are inside. You don`t need to tell the whole world. You believe what you believe and that`s what`s important. And that`s how I was raised. My family was like `you are Jewish in your blood`. We can celebrate Yom Kippur and Hannukah but not by the book. We do it to our own extent. Because being in Russia...Bar Mitzvahs weren`t held. When I was in school you would still see anti-Semitic signs. One of my friends who grew up in Russia, she was in second grade. And she came home one day crying. Her mother asked why she was crying and she said on the back of her seat there was a swastika. Now this is a country that obviously does not want you. So my parents raised me Jewish as much as they could and came to America. I love my religion. I think it`s a beautiful religion but I took parts of it that I want for myself. I don`t need to go to temple. I will, but I don`t need to.
- Mila Kunis(On his research for Eastern Promises) I found some materials, some books and also a documentary a friend of mine made called The Mark of Cain. It`s a hard thing to do but she went into maximum-security prisons in Russia and spoke to people like Nikolai. And I went to Russia as well. I read and listened to and looked up anything I could that had to do with Russians even loosely connected with this story. The more Russian I could be and seem authentically, the better it would be.
- Viggo MortensenA lot of children, like in the United States, don`t remember the real horror of (World War II), because they never had to, as they do in Europe and Russia and so on. I`m not saying America didn`t have a terrible experience, but it never came home to them that way. You had rationing and shortages, and people got killed and coffins came home. But you didn`t have the experience of the block opposite being destroyed when you got up in the morning.
- Mick JaggerBorat is based actually on a guy I met in southern Russia. I can`t remember his name. He was a doctor. The moment I met him I was totally crying. He was a hysterically funny guy, albeit totally unintentionally.
- Sacha Baron CohenWhen I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.
- Anna KournikovaMy mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.
- Eliza Dushku(on his role as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and "Angel" (1999)) "This job is so far beyond any expectations I had. I mean, I`m on a postage stamp in Russia (issued in Karakalpakia, a region within the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Uzbekistan). There`s no way you can plan for that. You just have to sit back and giggle and go, `Oh, wow.`" (2 May 2004)
- James MarstersI think those blacklisted people should have been sent over to Russia. They`d have been taken care of over there, and if the Commies ever won over here, why hell, those guys would be the first ones they`d take care of - after me.
- John WayneThere was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.
- Joni MitchellWe have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.
- Joschka FischerI have to see it much more as fundamentally capitalism, I certainly don`t see any Rock`n`Roll coming out of Vietnam or China or Russia.
- Lester BangsI took a speed reading course and read `War and Peace` in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
- Woody AllenRussia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.
- James A. MichenerI was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
- Mikhail BaryshnikovMy fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.
- Ronald ReaganWhen you`re out there going up a hill or you`re slogging it out on the run, I just stop and think to myself that this isn`t 400 miles of walking through frozen Russia, ... That`s a true endurance test.
- Tom LewisOf course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of `42, in Russia.
- Adolf GallandI had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
- Adolf GallandWe are grateful to those who at difficult times showed solidarity with us, with what the people of Russia are going through, and still are doing so.
- Boris YeltsinInternational terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
- Boris YeltsinYour commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
- Boris YeltsinWe, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.
- Boris YeltsinThere were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia`s history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.
- Boris YeltsinRussia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.
- Boris YeltsinYou have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.
- Boris YeltsinIn emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
- Christiane AmanpourIn Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.
- Paul RobesonA lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.
- Peter HainI would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.
- Richard LugarDespite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.
- Richard LugarOver the last year I`ve rather enjoyed making documentaries for a company called Associated Television, run by a man called David Mackenzie. And we shot a couple in Russia, one in Moscow and one in St. Petersburg ... they are called `The KGB Files`. (1998)
- Roger MooreRussia 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 TereshkovaIf women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can`t they fly in space?
- Valentina TereshkovaRussia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
- Vladimir PutinRussia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.
- Vladimir PutinRussia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.
- Vladimir PutinNobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.
- Vladimir PutinIt will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
- Warren ChristopherThis is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They`re a very powerful country.
- Warren ChristopherWe see considerable strain in Russia, and that`s obviously a matter of concern to us. It`s in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
- Warren ChristopherI think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues.
- Warren ChristopherWe`ve had some fairly intensive discussions leading up to these meetings between NATO and Russia, preparing for them, and it`s going to be a very important six months for NATO.
- Warren ChristopherRussia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
- Winston ChurchillWe host some trips all over the world. We go to Alaska. We go to Mexico. We`re going to Venezuela in December. We`ve been to Russia, all in conjunction with the radio show.
- Martin MilnerThe real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
- Garry KasparovI don`t have to run for Presidency in Russia to feel good about myself. I already completed more than many people could have dreamed of.
- Garry KasparovUkraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn`t want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.
- Garry KasparovIt`s absolutely vital now for Russia to make sure that democratic institutions will be resurrected and will go through the election process.
- Garry KasparovProbably Romania and China and Russia. I think they`re all working really hard to beat us right now.
- Carly PattersonOn the power play, I`m in a really good position, ... Guys are giving me the puck for the one-timer and I get good chances. I played the point back when I played in Russia. It`s a really good spot, you know. I have lots of shots and lots of chances. I practice a lot at it and it`s working. The goals are coming and the wins are coming.
- Ilya Kovalchuk