“In Europe, I'm recognized on the street sometimes. And that's cool, because I don't have to live there and deal with it every day. Unless you're Stephen King - a great writer, by the way, and anyone who says different knows nothing about the craft - you're more likely to be recognized in America if you play in a soap opera than if you're a novelist.” IfsKnowsWayDifferentSometimesPlayAmericaDealsStreetsKingsEuropeCraftsNovelistsOperaSoapGreat WritersSoap Operas Author:George Pelecanos
“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
“The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.” WorldWayKindCountryHandsSpiritualNationsSawsStreetsLandEuropeIndiaCowsMysticalSnakesFountainExesViewpointsColonyCondescendingAnglo SaxonCharmersUnderdeveloped Countries Author:Kabir Bedi
“Europe is a very different place from my native country of Colombia and my children are growing up in a very urban setting which is nothing like when I was growing up and would be able to play barefoot in the street. But we have a very good life.” ChildrenDifferentCountryPlayWould BeAbleGrowing UpGrowingStreetsEuropeVery GoodSettingSettingsMy ChildrenNativeGood LifeUrbanDifferent PlaceColombiaBarefootNative CountryVery Good Life Author:Shakira
“Every shop in every High Street in Europe is filled with basically the same stuff. There's a street in every city of the world that has a Gap and Benneton's, and the upscale versions of those.” WorldStuffCitiesStreetsEuropeFilledVersionsShopsGaps Author:William Gibson
“The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.” PeopleNeedsUnderstandingLeadershipPartyMillionsTroubleStreetsProduceWillingEuropeTradeUnionsBritainLabourEasternPhilippinesLabour PartyEastern EuropeTrade Unions Author:Arthur Scargill
“Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe.” WarFeelingsNiceStreetsChangedEuropeSurpriseSentimentsAnti WarSentimentalNice DayMain StreetTimes Have Changed Author:Cat Stevens