European Countries Quotes - Page 3

• I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

  Anne Rice

  Country, Doubt, American Writer

  "A Fan's Interview with Anne Rice". Penguin Random House Inerview, www.randomhouse.com.

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• It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

  Dalai Lama

  Running, Country, Long

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• I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

  Jason Statham

  Country, Way, Dangerous

  Interview with Dan Epstein, suicidegirls.com. February 15, 2003.

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• England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.

  Leon Trotsky

  Lasts, England, Revolutionary

  Leon Trotsky (1974). “Collected Writings and Speeches on Britain”

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• Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of doing business there. In some European countries, businesses were even allowed to deduct bribes as an expense.

  James Surowiecki

  Country, Nineteen, Attention

  "Invisible Hand, Greased Palm" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. May 14, 2012.

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• The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

  Romano Prodi

  Country, Italian, Economy

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• In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries.

  Antonio Tabucchi

  Country, Mean, Expression

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• Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

  Aldous Huxley

  Art, Men, Europe

  Aldous Huxley (1956). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

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• In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.

  Fredric Jameson

  Country, War, Agreement

  Fredric Jameson (2009). “Valences of the Dialectic”, Verso Books

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• In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years.

  Wim Wenders

  Country, Italian, Years

  "'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.

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• I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

  Peter Hain

  Zimbabwe, People, Support

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• In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

  Harri Holkeri

  Problem, Divided, Has Beens

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• Purity of race does not exist. Europe is a continent of energetic mongrels.

  H. A. L. Fisher

  Race, Europe, Doe

  A History of Europe ch. 1 (1935)

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• A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.

  Carlos Salinas de Gortari

  Country, Tree, Different

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• I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

  Ted Demme

  Film, Kurosawa

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Together, World

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• There flows throughout our whole history a stream of humanity, of generosity, of tolerance, so broad, so powerful, and so pure that it would be vain indeed to look for a similar one in the past of any other European country.

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  Country, Powerful, Past

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• I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.

  Albert Gallatin

  Country, Belief, Fund

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• Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps. Any historian, commentator or scientist who doubts that is taken to prison or gets condemned. Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true... If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe - like in Germany, Austria or other countries - to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe and we will support it.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Country, War, Taken

  "Iran Prez: Move Israel To Europe". www.cbsnews.com. December 8, 2005.

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• The European countries are really hoping to do well in the Olympics. If they win gold medals, they can use them as cash.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Country, Winning

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• Behind the murder of millions of Negroes annually in Africa is the well organized system of exploitation by the alien intruders who desire to rob Africa of every bit of its wealth for the satisfaction of their race and the upkeep of their bankrupt European countries.

  Marcus Garvey

  Country, Race, Desire

  Marcus Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey (1923). “The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans”, p.60, The Majority Press

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• Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget ... beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Real, Europe

  Whitehall Palace Address on Iraq Policy, delivered 19 November 2003, Whitehall Palace -- London, England

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• Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Country, Georgia, Ancient

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• There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege.

  Jesse Ventura

  Country, Europe, Law

  Jesse Ventura (2000). “I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up”, p.34, Villard

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• Not only do we mock the Eurovision Song Contest itself, but we lampoon other European countries for taking it so seriously, and they all retaliate by voting for each other every year and ignoring our (sometimes) palpably superior songs. Accordingly, Britain has become the Millwall FC of Eurovision: we are hated, we know we are hated, and we pretend we are happy to be hated. It's actually quite a sad state of affairs.

  Marcus Berkmann

  Country, Song, Years

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