11 Balkans Quotes for You to Enjoy

I love the combination of the words 'spies' and 'Balkans.' It's like meat and potatoes. Alan Furst

Love Words Spies Potatoes Combination Like Balkans Meat

I will always fight for peace. But, unfortunately, it is war that drives us forward. It is war that makes the major turns. It makes Wall Street function; it makes all the bastards in the Balkans function. Emir Kusturica

War Peace Fight Will Bastards Drives Major Balkans Makes Always Wall Wall Street Unfortunately Us Turns Forward Function Street

Let's make a deal with the Serbs. Neither history nor emotion in the Balkans will permit multinationalism. We have to give up on the illusion of the last eight years... Dayton isn't working. Nobody - except diplomats and petty officials - believes in a sovereign Bosnia and the Dayton accords. Franjo Tudjman

History Illusion Will Petty Neither Diplomats Bosnia Give Except Emotion Nobody Dayton Make Deal Balkans Permit Nor Years Up Sovereign Officials Eight Working Believes Last

There a lot of occasions when Albanians cause trouble, but then we are also very nice people. People sometimes forget that there are good people from the Balkans as well. Granit Xhaka

Good People Sometimes Cause Good People Trouble Nice Also Well Occasions Balkans Lot Very Forget Then Nice People

Guidebooks used to write the name of my city in two ways: Gjirokaster in Albanian, and Argyrokastron for foreigners. The classical-sounding name somehow gave it better credentials, because people in the Balkans famously exaggerate and often call their villages cities. Ismail Kadare

People Better Gave Ways Cities City Exaggerate Somehow Write Name Call Because Balkans Foreigners Often Used Villages Credentials Two

I forced myself to watch Spanish TV and listen to Spanish radio all the time. I think I'm lucky because, for whatever reason, people from the Balkans seem to have a talent for learning languages. Ivan Rakitic

Time Myself Learning People Whatever Think TV Seem Talent Forced Because Balkans Listen Spanish Languages Reason Radio Lucky Watch

My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name and work as a writer specialising in the Balkans has created a myth that I have Slavic connections, but actually I am British. Misha Glenny

Work Me Father Myth Distinguish Russian Writer Name Calling Balkans Am His Michael Wanted Created Translator Connections Actually British

Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war. Pat Buchanan

War Incubator Balkans Been Historically

There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate. Todor Zhivkov

Problems Settlement Some Participate Also Balkans Bulgaria Common Which Should

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