Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician “You have these crops of poppies that supply something like 90% of the heroin sold in Europe and actually represents more than half of the Afghanistan's GDP.” Europe Half Gdp ♥ 4
JL John Leo Journalist, Author “Expert victimologists estimate that 91.2 percent of people in North America and Europe now qualify as victims, at least in their own minds.” People America Europe ♥ 4
Jeffrey Tate Conductor “In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that's not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep.” Two House Europe ♥ 4
QR Queen Rania of Jordan Queen consort, Philanthropist “First of all, in many Muslim countries women have incredible amounts of freedom, sometimes more than in some countries in Europe. So you cannot just make a generalized statement about women. Second, Islam is not the problem. It's tradition. It's culture. It's age-old mind-sets that need to be changed.” Country Mind Europe ♥ 3
D. H. Lawrence Novelist, Poet “The East is marvellously interesting for tracing our steps back. But for going forward, it is nothing. All it can hope for is to be fertilised by Europe, so that it can start on a new phase.” Interesting Europe History ♥ 3
D. H. Lawrence Novelist, Poet “[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.” Father Race Europe ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.” Men Summer Europe ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.” America Europe Appreciate ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in contrast to a divided Europe of the previous century, are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together.” Europe Achievement Working Together ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “No two countries are identical, and obviously, there's a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and a presidential election in the United States.” Country Two Europe ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.” Compassion Europe Islands ♥ 3
Barack Obama Politician “I'll be honest, there have been times when I've listened to the rhetoric in Europe where an easy equivalent somehow between the United States and Russia and between how our governments operate versus other governments operate, where those distinctions aren't made.” Government Europe Russia ♥ 3
