Johnny Van Zant Quotes
We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us.
Quotes to Explore
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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.
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Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.
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I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
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If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.
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We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.
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Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.
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We have got into Indian railways and are trying to get into the railway locomotive business in Europe and the United States.
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The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.
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It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.
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We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.
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It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.
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There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.
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When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don't get me wrong - I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings.
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Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you've got to go to know. In Cambodia, there are 10,000 landmines. Same in Afghanistan, same in Colombia. I'm totally addicted to traveling.
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People, including me, can get so detached from everything, but when you can focus on a defined place, a home, it gets you back in touch.
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Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive, for change is the enemy of myth.
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Perspective is everything. If your “why” is big enough, you can deal with almost any “what.
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We go to Europe, and they think we're totally prejudiced 'cause we hang the bars and stripes. But for us, the bars and stripes doesn't mean we want to see anybody in slavery or anything like that. It's just our heritage. To us, the bars and stripes means grits, 'y'all,' and the beauty of the South. There's no prejudice at all in that with us.
