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My handsome, intelligent, inimitable, delightful, prickly, unlucky Alexei Pavlovich, by the power of imagination invested in me I'll make you who you are because I want to.
It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.
Oh, Karamazov, I am deeply unhappy.
He began with the day's copy of The New York Times. His lips moving like wrestling worms, he read about all kinds of things. Hrushchov
Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met five times. He's won three times
and we've drawn twice. But I'm a stronger player and a long match favors me.
You ... ." just you, always you. My russian Cu**, my enemy, my comrade, my prisoner, my gaoler and my life. Words unthinking. "Love ... ... you.
Hurrah for Karamazov!
You are the One and Only Ivan," he calls.
I nod, then turn toward my family, my life, my home.
"Mighty Silverback," I whisper.
What were you going to do tonight?" "I was going to listen to the songs of Rachmaninoff." "Who's that?" "A dead Russian.
In contrast to the 'Europeanism' and the 'popular foundations' of his brothers, he seems to represent ingenuous Russia - oh, not all, not all, and God forbid it should be all! Yet she is here, our dear mother Russia, we can smell her, we can hear her.
Markov's not important,' she said. 'I'm not important. You're not important. Winning the war, that's the only important thing.'
'No,' I said, 'I disagree. Markov was important. So am I and so are you. That's why we have to win.
Dmitri clearly gives good . . . blood.
highlights of Elena's career,
Botvinnik was a killer in chess.
What the devil possessed me to reply 1 ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit.
Lev Leokov was an open book. I only needed to discover the language in which his pages were written.
As a good actor reflects in himself the movements and voice of others, so Vassilyev could reflect in his soul the sufferings of others. When he saw tears, he wept; beside a sick
There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.
No one remembered Vladimir Semyonitch. He was utterly forgotten.
The depreciation of the rouble keeps me awake at night, Dmitri Fyodorovitch; people don't know that side of me
us. The little shit really digs Celia here. Been seein' her
We also learned our own history and I was so grateful that such richness comes from our family stories. Now we will forever remember the day that a Russian cellist spoke the heart of Czech people. Rostropovich loved Prague and so he viewed that performance as a personal tragedy.
If I was going to shoot you, we wouldn't be having this conversation. What's your name?" The Italian lifted his head enough to meet Sergei's gaze. "Who wants to know?" Sergei rolled his eyes. "The guy who's going to decide whether you wake up tomorrow in a hospital, a jail cell, or a morgue." He
meinstein n. My son, the genius.
Capture Nikolai. Put him in a cage. See if we could pull him from the shadow's grasp. The too-clever fox, finally caught. I blinked and looked away. I didn't want to cry again.
Tim Mason. The human equivalent of C-4.
Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.
You really don't get how amazing you are, do you? Well let me make it really clear for you - so amazing that I would risk everything, just to let you know. Just to tell you I love you, Sergei. I love you. I love you more than my life
Dostoevsky's hero is not only a discourse about himself and his immediate environment, but also a discourse about the world; he is not only cognizant, but an ideologist as well. The
Cesky Krumlov, the little jewel box of a city in southern Bohemia.
illustrated magazine: Nekrasov, 'the people's poet' (see note 15), was a contributor to Spark, an illustrated satirical journal published in Petersburg from 1859 to 1873.
Dostoevsky's hero is not an objectified image but an autonomous discourse, pure voice; we do not see him, we hear him;
It's alleged that our scourge of God and punishment from heaven, Commissar Strelnikov, is Antipov come back to life. A legend, of course. And it's not like him.
It has always been Oscar Peterson. He is my Rachmaninoff.
[Harry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma.
Courage, Alexander.....
Courage, Tatiana
Vyacheslav and Marina chose a generic name designed to be devoid of meaning: BOHdVF260602. Although the name seems meaningless, BOHdVF260602 stands for "Biological Object Human descendant of the Voronins and Frolovas, born on June 26, 2002.
Ivan felt an intense hatred for him before he had thought about him at all. Suddenly he realised his presence and felt an irresistible impulse to knock him down.
Sassenach I might be to him, but not English.
Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy.
(on former teammate Luboslav Penev)
I owe a lot to this club and the supporters who were always there for me. They supported me even when I was suspended.
(on his former club CSKA Sofia)
I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov.
Are you any relation to your brother Marv?
If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.
I have a Russian heart.
Kincaid! Bolshevik Muppet!
Her name was Dominika Egorova. She was a ballerina, an officer in the SVR, a Sparrow trained to bend others' minds. She loved and was loved in return.
Vyshinsky: And your occupation?
Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet and chess and art and read a lot.
CHAPTER XLV THE TRUSTY AGENT
If you go around the league, anybody with the last name 'vich' is a great shooter. Radmanovic, Vujacic ... all those 'iches.
[Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.
Dad?"
-Vlad
In this life or the next, I hold you to your promise Mikhail Ivelitsch.
Markov died while trying to fit a small, slippery shotgun shell into a narrow gun barrel, in the dark, at thirty below zero - with a tiger bearing down on him from ten yards away.
I think I tended toward the Russian training because my first teacher taught a version of Vaganova, and it was drilled into me that that was the best system, and also at the time there were a lot of great Russian stars.
Fucking Magnus DuCane. I'd
Raskolnikov had been listening intently, but with a sense of unhealthy discomfort.
Voroshilov was a hard-riding, hard-drinking military crony of civil-war days.
Stuart Davises he
Of all the many memoirs by former Soviet officials, Palazchenko's is among the best written and also the most objective. Even his descriptions of U.S. policy are more accurate and judicious than those of some American scholars.
I've had a number of opportunities to hear Andrei Ryabov perform and I am amazed at the high level of creativity, technique and freshness in his playing.
Do you love him?
There were only a few people in the world who could ask me such insanely personal questions without getting punched. Dimitri was one of them.
WELCOME to my bookamabob!
Buckle your cravat and prepare
for have your whiskers quiver.
My story of struggles, successes and
sergei is the greatest, most thrillsy book ever written by a meerkat in the bath...
Tukhachevsky was an especially damaging loss for the army and the state.
Morozova's stag. Rusalye. The firebird. Legends come to life before my eyes, just to die in front of me.
It was almost as if he enjoyed the fact that the more agitated his opponent was, the more serene he became. Belagren's thoughts about Antonov in The Lion of Senet
Lorenzo Gambini, I presume? Or would you prefer to be called - "
"Sir," I cut in before he can say Scar. "You can call me sir, if it gives you the tingles. Otherwise, let's just stick with Gambini.
Read the vladimir tod series
To win the Calder Trophy means a lot. It means a lot. I don't have words. I could tell you in Russian.
Lermontov died at age twenty-eight and wrote more than have you and I put together. Talent is recognizable not only by quality, but also by the quantity it yields.
Mirnin: Where's Shreve?
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Dorkangelo" - Marc Hunter
There were rats in it, but Fyodor Pavlovich was not altogether angry with them:
In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people's ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is.
[Ivan: ] " ... you haven't let the lack of half-marks stop you. Or the rules. Or respect for reality, as afar as I can tell."
[Miles:] "I never let anything stop me. That's how you get what you want, Ivan. No one's going to just hand it to you.
After his brother. He suddenly noticed that Ivan swayed
Andrei Yefimych is extremely fond of intelligence and honesty, but he lacks character and faith in his right to organize an intelligent and honest life around him.
Pyotr Petrovitch stole a glance at Raskolnikov. Their eyes met, and the fire in Raskolnikov's seemed ready to reduce him to ashes
We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow.
Boris Nemtsov, left his mark on the history of Russia, in politics and public life. He worked on important positions in the difficult transition period for our country. He always openly and honestly stated his position, defended his point of view.
Horton, the kangaroo has sent Vlad!' Vlad? I know two Vlads. One is a cute little bunny that brings me cookies. The other is bad Vlad. Which Vlad?' Which one do you think?' Bad Vlad?' Good call.
Zivojinovic seems to be able to pull the big bullet out of the top drawer
No one knew better than Stepan Arkadyevitch how to hit on the exact line between freedom, simplicity, and official stiffness necessary for the agreeable conduct of business.
Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.
I followed along because really, it was hard to say no to Dimitri Belikov about anything.
I speak a little bit of Russian.
For suffering, Rodion Romanovitch, is a great thing.
I'm Vlad Tepesh, what did you expect?
Don't take your hands off me even once tonight. (Vlad)
Roza. You forgot my first lesson: Don't hesitate.- Dimitri Belikov (Blood Promise)
Pierre did not go to the army, but remained in deserted Moscow, still in the same anxiety, irresolution, in the fear and at the same time the joy of awaiting something terrible.
Hrabosky looks fierce in that Fu Manchu haircut.
To me, he was the grand master of wine. He was a forceful Russian and a gentle person. The greats of wine all over the world have great affection and admiration for him. What a beautiful man he was and what a privilege to have been touched by him.
the Kamchatka Peninsula." "What do you say?" "We're betting if the man and the picture matched, neither was Kyle Donovan." Jake's eyes narrowed. "Bad news." "For Donovan, certainly. He probably got that chunk of Mother Russia they offered you. But bad for us? We don't know.
SCARAMOUCHE Rafael
Neither Imperial Russia, nor the Russia of the Soviets needs me. They don't understand me. I am a stranger to them. I'm certain Rembrandt loves me.
The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.
Kurkov loves his weltschmerz as much as the next guy
but he doesn't see why weltschmerz shouldn't come bundled up with a narrative that kicks a little bit of ass
the edge of the left cheek, say.