#the

When you spend seven years with a group of people and suddenly you're not together, it's very jarring. ↗

— Poppy Montgomery

#jarring #people #seven #spend #suddenly

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past. ↗

— Mario Monti

#been #could #country #i #idea

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#live #lives #love #more #natures

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either. ↗

— Mario Monti

#buy #colors #commission #deal #either

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies. ↗

— Mario Monti

#accompanied #austerity #discipline #end #first

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities. ↗

— Mario Monti

#am #certain #germans #i #i am

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. ↗

— Mario Monti

#bound #breakup #decisions #deeper #europe

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed. ↗

— Mario Monti

#becomes #destroyed #drifting #euro #europe

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives. ↗

— Mario Monti

#initiatives #italy #rather #unusual

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations. ↗

— Mario Monti

#against #because #citizens #close #debt