quotes about Moscow
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Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! what store of riches it imparts!
-- Alexander Pushkin -
I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.
-- Alexander Pushkin -
I have the feeling that this Moscow Pact will at some time or other exact vengeance upon National Socialism.
-- Alfred Rosenberg -
My home is in Moscow and I have no plans to change this.
-- Alisher UsmanovSource : Interview with Ian Cobain, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.
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The Moscow energy system has never sustained such a load.
-- Anatoly Chubais -
Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.
-- Anton Chekhov -
In Moscow you sit in a huge room at a restaurant; you know no one and no one knows you, and at the same time you don't feel a stranger. But here you know everyone and everyone knows you, and yet you are a stranger -- a stranger... A stranger, and lonely...
-- Anton Chekhov -
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The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.
-- Aslan Maskhadov -
I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.
-- Barry Goldwater -
The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
-- Bob Schaffer -
The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
-- Bobby Knight -
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The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.
-- Carl I. HagenSource : Aftenposten, February 23, 2003.
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I think his [Reagan's] policy toward the Soviet Union was more risky than most people realize, and it was risky because of the paranoia and fear among the isolated old guard in Moscow.
-- David E. HoffmanSource : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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I was in Moscow and I will tell you - you can get along with those people and get along with them well. You can make deals with those people. Obama can't.
-- Donald Trump -
We strive to form a single national front against the Judeo-Masonic lodges, against Moscow and the Marxist societies.
-- Francisco Franco -
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But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.
-- Gyorgy Ligeti -
As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.
-- Ivan KonevSource : "The Last Six Months: Russia's Final Battles with Hitler's Armies in World War II" by Sergeĭ Matveevich Shtemenko, (p. 312), 1977.
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I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it.
-- Jeremy Northam -
In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.
-- John Mica -
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If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going to step.
-- Kenneth Branagh -
I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.
-- Mikhail Prokhorov -
I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.
-- Mstislav RostropovichSource : "16 Years of Exile Ending for Rostropovich" by Barbara Gamarekian, www.nytimes.com. January 27, 1990.
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In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on formalism. There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovichs compositions and Prokofievs were no longer to be played.
-- Mstislav Rostropovich -
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Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.
-- Natalia Vodianova -
I don't like Moscow. It's not my city.
-- Oleg DeripaskaSource : "How metals and a ruthless streak put Russian patriot at top of the rich list" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2007.
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Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?
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I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.
-- Ryszard Kapuscinski -
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If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.
-- Sergei DovlatovSource : Sergei Dovlatov (2014). “Pushkin Hills”, p.141, Counterpoint
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Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new, the newest events, the latest sensation. Everyone wants to be the first to know. It's the rhythm of life today.
-- Svetlana AlliluyevaSource : Svetlana Alliluyeva (2016). “Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir”, p.6, HarperCollins
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We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender.
-- W. Averell Harriman -
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!
-- Yuri GagarinSource : "The Evolution Of The Spacesuit" by Adam Mann, www.wired.com. October 24, 2011.
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When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see whats ahead of them.
-- Arkady Volozh -
I will say that the lead cosmonaut trainer - I mean, we were working with professional cosmonaut trainers outside of Moscow. And the lead one, at the end of the project, announced to the entire group that he wanted Trish [Sie] to be on his team forevermore.
-- Damian KulashSource : "OK Go Drops New Zero-Gravity Video". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.
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If you wake up in Moscow and put on the Science channel, it doesn't feel like an American channel, it feels like their channel. In fact, Discovery is Vladimir Putin's favorite channel.
-- David ZaslavSource : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
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The Soviets are not just looking at Moscow, they have a very extensive program of not only research, development, they have built this radar net around the whole country. One of those radars has become infamous because it's a clear violation of the ABM Treaty. They have an infrastructure and they are well prepared to develop a nationwide defensive system.
-- Fred IkleSource : "Ideology of the Reagan Administration". WGBH Educational Foundation Interview, lsopenvault01.wgbh.org. November 24, 1987.
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There are definitely many adventures on the road with Jessica 6. It sometimes feels like we're in a movie. I was recently kidnapped by 2 taxi drivers in Moscow. They drove me over 2 hours out of town till I started to cry then they drove me 3 more hours finally to my hotel!
-- Nomi Ruiz -
As a storyteller I was influenced by the Moscow underground, where it was common to be apolitical.
-- Vladimir Sorokin