Edith Wharton

The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.

I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.