“Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.” ChildrenTodayAmericaHouseParentBornChanceGrowing UpGrowingCoupleMarriedEuropeReverenceUnitsSwedenUnmarriedMarried Couples Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Friends told me that the latest trend, at least in Europe, is public sex. They showed me some clips, and they're terrifying. A couple enters a streetcar, half-full, simply takes a seat, undresses, and starts to do it. You can see from surprised faces that it's not staged. It's pure working-class suburb. But what's fascinating is that the people all look, and then they politely ignore it. The message is that even if you're together in public with people, it still counts as private space.” PeopleIfsLooksStillsTogetherFacesSexSpaceHalfClassCouplePureMessagesEuropeSeatsFascinatingTrendsWorking ClassSuburbsClipHalf FullLatest Trends Author:Slavoj Žižek
“This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brussels hotel for a group grope.” TurnsFailingGroupsMiddleCoupleEuropeMeetingsNineHotelMutualBedroomThrillingMiddle AgedBrussels Author:E. P. Thompson
“In North America, hip-hop and urban music are much more developed than it could be in Europe, except for a couple of markets like France, for example, or Germany, they're a little bit more aware.” LittlesAmericaBitsExampleCoupleLittle BitEuropeHip HopHipsFranceGermanyHopsUrbanNorth AmericaUrban Music Author:K-Maro
“I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught out at Boulder, University of Colorado. And I've taught in Europe. I've lectured and taught. I've taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nigne [sp]. I was there for a couple of weeks, I was there. I've taught all over - in Switzerland, Germany.” ArtWeekTaughtCoupleEuropeUniversityGermanyGuestsInvitedColoradoSwitzerlandBouldersPasadena Author:Robert Barry
“I mean, they were getting the mortgage of some guy in Omaha, you know, securitized a couple of times. I mean he had all these - they had all these types from Wall Street, you know, and they had advanced degrees, and they look very alert, and they came with these - they came with these things that said gamma and alpha and sigma and all that. And all I can say is beware of geeks, you know, bearing formulas. They've heard that in Europe.” KnowsLooksMeanSaidI CanGuyHeardStreetsWallTypeCoupleDegreesEuropeFormulasGeekMortgageAlphasOmaha Author:Warren Buffett
“Actually, my first article, it wasn't about the anarchists; it was about the fall of Barcelona and the spread of fascism over Europe, which was frightening. But a couple of years later I became interested in the anarchist movement.” YearsFirstsFallMovementCoupleEuropeSpreadArticlesFascismFrighteningAnarchistBarcelona Author:Noam Chomsky
“I had made a couple of records in Europe. One as a leader, and one as a sideman before that. It was what it was. I started to work with Maria Schneider around that period and some other people, I started to get called to sub at the Vanguard in my mid-20s.” PeopleMadeLeaderRecordsCouplePeriodsEuropeVanguard Author:Jon Gordon
“I was able to go over [Saxophone Competition] and work a little more in Europe. I'm thankful that those of kinds of things. Simultaneously, some nice things did come in. I got a nice festival that came in, in Virginia through that. There was a club that opened in DC in the famous Willard Hotel near the White House. And the club was called The Nest. I played there a few nights. Some musicians in Philly and D.C. kind of brought me down and got me on a couple things. So things opened up a little bit.” KindLittlesAbleNightHouseBitsWhiteNiceCoupleLittle BitMusicianEuropeDown AndCompetitionClubsHotelWhite HouseFestivalsNestsVirginiaNice ThingsSaxophoneSome NiceCouple Things Author:Jon Gordon
“Wasn't it his right to listen to opera, read poetry and adventure novels, go to Europe every couple of months for some reason or another, and drive his Porsche over the speed limit until he found out who he was?” ReasonFoundNovelAdventureMonthsCoupleLimitsEuropeSpeedOperaPorscheSpeed Limits Author:Anne Rice
“I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it.” IfsNationsDealsRaceIssuesWeekPlanetsCoupleTravelEuropeLondonNot SureFunny TravelHollandDenmark Author:Montel Williams