Russia
- Marc Chagall, painter
- Carlos, singer
- Joe Dassin, singer
- Sacha Distel, singer
- François Feldman, singer
- Serge Gainsbourg, singer
- Judith Godrèche, actress
- Émile Meyerson, philosopher
- Gérard Oury, film director
- Léon Poliakov, historian
- Michel Polnareff, singer
- Maxime Rodinson, historian
- Thierry Roland, TV commentator
- Nathalie Sarraute, writer
- Pierre-André Taguieff, philosopher
- Jacques Tati, film director and actor
- Marina Vlady, actress
- Léon Zitrone, journalist
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Famous quotes containing the word russia:
“A fool may be a dangerous customer, but the fact of his having such a vulnerable top-end turns danger into a first-rate sport; and whatever defects the old administration in Russia had, it must be conceded that it possessed one outstanding virtue—a lack of brains.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“... gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hatpin.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)