#rope

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 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 Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#neither #nor #olympic #property #race

It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. ↗

— Hart Crane

#assured #been #deal #difficult #energy

It's hard to explain why I like Europe so much. ↗

— Broderick Crawford

#explain #hard #i #like #much

I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs. ↗

— Billy Crudup

#backs #companies #feel #film #i

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#britons #brought #europe #fled #formed

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#also #art #assist #character #emancipation

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#before #begun #did #enough #folk

For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise, and prevented global deflation. But at the same time, they've not been looking after their own futures. ↗

— Evan Davis

#allowed #american #american consumers #been #china