European Countries Quotes - Page 4

• 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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• 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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• 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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• In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so.

  Dennis Prager

  Country, Men, Parent

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• I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.

  Khaled Mashal

  Country, Memories, Regret

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• You know what the funniest thing about Europe is? It's the little differences.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Country, Europe, Differences

  Quentin Tarantino (1994). “Pulp Fiction”, Miramax Books

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• Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy.

  Elton Gallegly

  Country, Asian, Delicacy

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• Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

  Leonid Brezhnev

  Home, Fate, Europe

  1981 Speech while visiting the Federal Republic of Germany, 23 Nov.

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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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• I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

  Steven Gerrard

  Football, Player, Thinking

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

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• It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

  William Hague

  Country, Strong, Giving

  "Foreign Secretary: "We are on the side of a stable democratic future for Egypt"". Interview with Andrew Marr, www.gov.uk. February 6, 2011.

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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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• 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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• Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

  John Boyd Orr

  Country, Communication, Years

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• The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Loss, Lost Friendship, Warning

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

  Romano Prodi

  Country, Italian, Economy

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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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• 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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• There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely the same but similar.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Country, Structure, Federal Reserve

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