“I’ve spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like” KnowsLooksRealWalkingEuropeHistoricalBritainEstatesCastlesReal Things Author:Natalie Dormer
“You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.” IfsThinkingLooksHas BeensProblemTodayMembersSixEuropeTwentiesEastListsFranceGermanyGravityInvitedShiftingNatoCenter Of Gravity Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.” LoveLooksMeanStillsEnoughProblemAmericaHateCoursesSexMoralMarriageToo MuchHonorPromiseSolutionsEuropeEternityEnglandDivorceIndifferenceContractsMultiplePenaltiesAdulteryDeath PenaltySeriousnessReally MeanSeemingSerialsAurasPolygamyNew England Author:Anthony Burgess
“The threat of China is not military. The threat of China is they can't be intimidated. Europe you can intimidate. When the US tries to get people to stop investing in Iran, European companies pull out, China disregards it. You look at history and understand why - they've been around for 4,000 years, they have contempt for the barbarians, they just don't give a damn.” PeopleGivingTryingYearsLooksCompanyMilitaryEuropeThreatInvestingChinaChineseDamnIranContemptIntimidatingIntimidatedDisregardBarbariansDon't Give A Damn Author:Noam Chomsky