#europeans

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#another #diseases #estimated #europeans #far

This is the kind of paradox, I think, of what it is to be a halfway intelligent American right now, and probably also a Western European, is that there are things we know are right, and good, and would be better for us to do, but constantly it's like "Yeah, but, you know, it's so much funnier and nicer to go do something else." and "Who cares?" and "It's all bullshit anyway. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#apathy #boredom #bullshit #europeans #goodness

Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#confused #ethnicity #europeans #many #million

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

#america #either #europe #europeans #few

This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#game #golf #me #mentality #thing

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#canadians #common #crude #distinguishing #europeans

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans. ↗

— Dominique de Villepin

#achievement #become #europe #europeans #forget

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

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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks. ↗

— Fernando Flores

#big #europeans #everyone #favor #i

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#america #artist #artists #certainly #does