“I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.” WantFilmMovingUsedCultureTvsGrewGrew UpEuropeFaster Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“These days movies are cut very quickly and sort of fragmented and I tend to do slower moving stories where people develop relationships with people. I think I'd probably do a lot better if I lived in Europe - I think it's more of a European sensibility somehow.” PeopleIfsThinkingStoriesMovingCuttingEuropeThese DaysSensibilityFragmented Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“It really seems to me sometimes that the only hope is space. That is to say, perhaps the most energeticin a bad senseelements will move on to a new world in space. The problems of mass society will be transported into space, leaving behind this world as a kind of Europe, which then eventually tourists will visit. The Old World. I'm only half joking.” WorldKindSometimesProblemSeemsMovingSpaceBehindsHalfThis WorldElementsMassEuropeLeavingNew WorldTouristsEnergeticSpace TravelOld World Author:Mary McCarthy
“I can't believe people got so upset at the sight of a single breast! America is so parochial, I may just have to move to Europe where people are more mature about things like that!” PeopleBelieveMayI CanBodyAmericaMovingTelevisionEuropeSightUpsetBreastsMature Author:Janet Jackson
“In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.” YearsMayDifferentPastMovingTermPartyEuropeSevenInstanceFranceShallowSeven Years Author:Mitt Romney
“The human species does not necessarily move in stages from progress to progress ... history and civilization do not advance in tandem. From the stagnation of Medieval Europe to the decline and chaos in recent times on the mainland of Asia and to the catastrophes of two world wars in the twentieth century, the methods of killing people became increasingly sophisticated. Scientific and technological progress certainly does not imply that humankind as a result becomes more civilized.” PeopleWorldHumansDoeTwoWarMovingResultsProgressCenturyStageCivilizationEuropeMethodSpeciesChaosKillingWar Of The WorldsCivilizedDeclineHumankindWorld War ISophisticatedTechnologicalCatastropheAsiaTwentieth CenturyMedievalStagnationHuman SpeciesTwo WorldsTechnological ProgressTandemMedieval Europe Author:Gao Xingjian
“I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .” AmericaMovingCitiesNew YorkReadyTravelEuropeMovedIslandsNew York CityCoast Author:Spalding Gray
“What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.” PeopleThinkingShouldWarMovingTermResultsOpinionMorningWorryEffectsSeriousEssentialsOceanEuropeUltimateSpeedEastThese DaysThank GodEvery MorningUnderestimatePublic OpinionTerrificImplicationsPacificNeutralityPacific Ocean Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt