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At a time when Europeans already had a long history of violent contact with Native people, Lewis and Clark made most of their journey in peace. Joseph Bruchac
Time Journey History Peace People Made Long Clark Long History Had Contact Most Native Europeans Violent Lewis Lewis And Clark
The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation of slaves and their subsequent being worked to death by the millions in many ways, whether it's the immigrant processes which began for many people, new worlds ending their old ones. Junot Diaz
Death People Ending Old Worlds Caribbean Ways Immigrant Indigenous New Began Subsequent Being Whether Place Which Processes Worked Old Ones Many Europeans Millions Slaves
The idea of the beauty of diversity came from just growing up where I grew up. Los Angeles is a very big city - there's Little Ethiopia, Little Armenia, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, there's African-Americans, Latinos, Europeans. Kamasi Washington
Diversity Beauty Big Latinos City Angeles Idea Armenia Big City Los Came Los Angeles Up Very Just Where Grew Chinatown Little Ethiopia Tokyo Europeans Growing Growing Up
I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones. Kathleen Turner
Work Respect Experience Think Enough Out New Tradition New Ones Sell Body Europeans Actress
Europeans don't seem to have the groupie mentality. Kid Rock
Seem Mentality Groupie Europeans
Playing in New York, there's a lot of pressure, but me and some Europeans like the pressure. Kristaps Porzingis
Me Pressure Some New Like Lot York New York Europeans Playing
Russia is the biggest European nation. We are Europeans, we are not Asians. Ksenia Sobchak
Nation Russia Biggest Asians European Europeans
Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal to that shown by Americans when the department store fouls up their bills. Letitia Baldrige
Offended Easily Names Equal Errors Up American Department Department Store Store Titles Full Bills Europeans Shown
Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then a few years later Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor. Loretta Napoleoni
Revolution Few Trapped Later Machiavelli Emperor French Napoleon French Revolution Years Historical Forever Rollercoaster Offspring Then Us Europeans Bring
I am not anti-European. I have many friends and acquaintances who are Europeans. Mahathir Mohamad
Am Friends Acquaintances Who Many Europeans
Europeans are far more anti-war than Americans. They've had more wars, and they really just don't believe in it any more. But Americans do. Mark Kurlansky
Believe More Had Anti-War Than American Any Just Far Really Wars Europeans
There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in their midst, for that is exactly what European colonial rule meant for peoples around the world. Martin Jacques
Ignorance People World Problems Hypocrisy Complain Rule Religious Exactly Minorities Exactly What About Colonial Around Historical Midst Ethnic Meant European Deep Europeans Profound
We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe. Maximilian Schell
Old Eastern Eastern Europe Never Never Forget Boy Built Forget Hollywood Should Europe Europeans Jewish
Europe is no longer a Christian continent; few Europeans attend religious services on Sunday, and the European Union recently refused to refer to Europe's religious heritage in its fledgling constitution. Meir Soloveichik
Constitution Sunday Few Christian Heritage Religious Attend Longer Continent Refer Refused Union Europe European European Union Europeans Services Recently
As a politician, I spent a lot of time in Washington and New York, cities that are familiar to Europeans. Michael Portillo
Time Politician Spent Cities New Lot Familiar York New York Europeans Washington
Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of life in many areas, the main weapon in the struggle against the forces of evil. Neil MacGregor
Life Struggle Evil Negotiate Running Religions Weapon Area Main Unseen Powers Forces Traditional Transactions African Central Against Many Europeans Whose Hardest
Well-meaning Europeans sometimes argue that unlike the U.S., their countries are traditionally 'homogeneous' and have little experience with immigration. Noah Feldman
Experience Immigration Sometimes Unlike Argue Countries Well-Meaning Little Europeans
I lived at the Gramercy Park Hotel for about 10 years. It was terrific. It was a pleasantly run-down hotel of the '70s and '80s with a mix of older, rent-controlled apartment dwellers, Europeans and new wave and punk bands. The room service was great, the hamburger was terrific, and they had a doctor who made house calls. Paul Shaffer
Service Great Doctor Punk Made Older Wave Pleasantly About Park Had Hotel New Doctor Who House Terrific Calls Hamburger Mix Years Bands Apartment Room Room Service Who Europeans Lived
It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me. Peter Steele
Me Space Intimate Fine Seems More Like Lot Southern Person Personal Just Whereas Mile Europeans Nearest Socially
I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose. Randall Jarrell
Women Men Men And Women Matters Other Worse Suppose Like Understand Than American Decided Either Them Less Europeans Each
In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out. Richard Flanagan
Astonished Out Ecological Island Tragedy Ireland Forests Being Size Europeans Whose Incomprehensible Played
Europeans must shed their illusions about what they can accomplish in the world on their own. Loose talk about resurrecting a multi-polar world is just that - loose talk. Richard N. Haass
World Own Must About Talk Shed Loose Accomplish Just Europeans Illusions
Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less. Robert Kagan
Other Mars Venus Understand American Little Less Agree Europeans Each
When Europeans first came to Africa, they considered the architecture very disorganized and thus primitive. It never occurred to them that the Africans might have been using a form of mathematics that they hadn't even discovered yet. Ron Eglash
Mathematics Architecture First Considered Never Thus Primitive Occurred Came Been Discovered Very Africa African Form Them Might Disorganized Using Europeans Even
Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience. Salvatore Quasimodo
Example Has-Been Importance Know Been Shining Modern Europeans Conscience Resistance
And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions? Samuel P. Huntington
Big Other Other Countries Part Countries Institutions Course Were West Question Western Big Question Soviet Which Should Europeans Incorporated
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