#eu

Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#baldness #bare #full #grandeur #mountain

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#bit #canadians #ethnic #europeans #immigration

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#also #attack #been #criminal #danish

To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#diversity #europe #intricate #lost #reflect

My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#before #bosnia #closing #could #create

I hardly wear any makeup. ↗

— Jules Asner

#hardly #i #makeup #wear

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. ↗

— Louis Auchincloss

#danger #dull #genius #greatest #greatest danger

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#been #considered #i #issues #justice

There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#decisions #division #europe #exists #intervention

I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. ↗

— Norman Granz

#find #i #live #more #myself