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I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.


Joan Allen


#end #get #i #rope #times

Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.


Barbara Amiel


#attention #barbarians #because #closer #course

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control.


Barbara Amiel


#conquered #control #dependent #energy #europe

The only substance properly so called is the soul.


Henri Frederic Amiel


#only #properly #soul #substance

Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.


Prince Andrew


#asked #away #chair #dinner #down

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.


Rudolf Arnheim


#added #areas #arts #considered #country

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.


Matthew Arnold


#described #love #perfection #properly #study

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.


Jan Peter Balkenende


#end #europe #grinds #halt #in the end

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.


Julien Benda


#beautiful #europe #honors #ill #inform

I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it.


Marek Belka


#anything #candidates #countries #decided #emerging