#europe

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#causing #consequences #country #crisis #deserves

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#after #almost #centuries #christ #countries

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#calculators #chivalry #economists #europe #extinguished

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#body #enough #europeans #experience #i

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids. ↗

— Bill Condon

#english #european #hollywood #maids #middle

I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US. ↗

— Ville Valo

#before #big #big cities #cities #europe

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#artistic #atlantic #between #central #economic

The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England. ↗

— Richard Dawson

#color #could #england #europe #ever

We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European experience. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#ago #discovered #disease #europe #european