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In my 20s, as I began to travel in Europe, I found comfort in religious paintings. Even though my own belief in Catholic dogma had been shaken and weakened, I found that the beauty and the richness of the art still held me.

~Colm Toibin

Topics: Art Beauty Been Began Belief Catholic Comfort Dogma Europe Even Found Had Held Me My Own Own Paintings Religious Richness Shaken Still Though Travel Weakened

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Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

~Compay Segundo

Topics: About Back Cuba Europe Forgotten Grandparents Had Imagine Looking Looking Back Music Now Only Phenomenon Rock Rock Music Thought Towards Traditional Who You Youth

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I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.

~Conor Mcpherson

Topics: About Became Being Beyond Edge Europe Ireland Know Lot Our People Psyche Theory Thought Years

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I wonder if those people shown protesting the deployment of nuclear weapons to western Europe during the Reagan era are feeling appropriately stupid today. 'Please don't take away our precious Soviet Union! - We demand the annihilation of all life on Earth!'

~Craig Bruce

Topics: Annihilation Away Demand Deployment Earth Era Europe Feeling Life Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Our People Please Precious Protesting Reagan Shown Soviet Soviet Union Stupid Take Those Today Union Weapons Western Western Europe Wonder I Wonder

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I would do a film, make the money, then take off for six months to Europe, India or Russia. My agent told me that I had to stay in town if I ever wanted to build a career, because everyone forgets about you.

~Craig Sheffer

Topics: About Agent Because Build Career Europe Ever Everyone Film Forgets Had India Make Me Money Months Off Russia Six Stay Take Then Town Wanted Would You

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I was with a folk trio back in '63 and '64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe.

~Creed Bratton

Topics: Across Africa Back Europe Folk Israel North Traveled Trio

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When you are nominated for the best player in Europe, the Ballon d'Or, playing in the Champions League, there is so much pressure. You don't know what will happen. This pressure is inside you - you always have it.

~Cristiano Ronaldo

Topics: Always Best Champions Champions League Europe Happen Inside Know League Much Nominated Player Playing Pressure Will You

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A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. 'Foreign Bodies' came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.

~Cynthia Ozick

Topics: About America Anything Between Bodies Came Character Contemplation Contrast Europe Foreign Idea Incident Itself Location Mood Motion Novel Rapidly Set Sometimes Stimulus Through War Which Will World World War

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Every June, Gypsies come in caravans from all over Europe to honor Django Reinhardt at a festival in Samois-sur-Seine. When I was little, I started hanging out with them. They fascinated me - they really, literally, live in the moment. They take every day as if it's their last.

~Cyrille Aimee

Topics: Come Day Europe Every Every Day Fascinated Festival Gypsies Hanging Honor June Last Literally Little Live Me Moment Out Over Really Started Take Them

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Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

~D. H. Lawrence

Topics: America Europe Good Lobster Old Supplies

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