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

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

- Natalia Makarova

The Russian norm is an extremely barbaric state of mind.

- Merab Mamardashvili

Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.

- Milla Jovovich

The Russian customers don't feel very comfortable with online transactions.

- Maelle Gavet

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

- Mitch Kapor

I have a Russian heart.

- Maria Sharapova

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

- Maria Sharapova

I read Russian literature a lot.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.

- Anton Yelchin

The Russian people, sober, are said to be a gentle people.

- Lincoln Steffens

I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian.

- Ksenia Solo

Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

- Kate Adie

I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people.

- Johnny Weir

I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.

- Ildar Abdrazakov

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

- George F. Kennan

In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.

- Edwin Moses

I'm young, Russian, I come from money, and I date a very well-known person.

- Dasha Zhukova

I'm not superstitious at all. I'm not a Russian.

- Chelsea Handler