Top 269 Holland Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

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Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Studies from universities in Holland and Berlin confirm that 80 percent of Muslims in the Netherlands believe it is a heroic deed to travel to Syria as a fighter.
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.
'The Voice Kids' was a tremendous success in Holland. There was a big emotional reaction from the parents of the children taking part. — © John de Mol, Jr.
'The Voice Kids' was a tremendous success in Holland. There was a big emotional reaction from the parents of the children taking part.
I am resolved, to go and plant myself in Holland or in Zeeland, and there await the issue which it shall please Him to ordain.
After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.
I've said in earlier interviews maybe I should have stayed one or two more years in Holland.
I played in every single bar and small club in Holland and I've been DJing and producing for more than 12 years.
My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.
I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.
I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became a member of Parliament in Holland.
In Holland, you can step into the manager's office and ask him for clarity if you don't know why you're not playing and they are open with you.
I'm from a little village in the south of Holland where there was nothing to do but watch American movies and television - I grew up with The 'A-Team,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'
When I was a kid, it was thought I would do something in the visual arts because I was always drawing, but when we emigrated to Australia from Holland when I was seven, I learnt the English language, and I fell in love with it.
It's already a million Muslims! As long as they obey the law and respect the constitution, nobody has anything to fear. They can stay and they have the same rights and the opportunity for a fantastic life in Holland.
My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her. — © Jean Louisa Kelly
My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.
Not all are scum, but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who makes the streets unsafe.
Growing up in Holland, I always thought my name was boring, but in the U.S., all of a sudden I have a very cool name.
When you leave a big club and go on loan to a small club in Holland it is not easy. But I am a footballer and I have to be professional about my job.
You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.
I definitely made the wrong choices. I left Holland too early, I probably should've stayed one more year for my development, but these things happen.
I've been with clubs who won the league championships in Holland and England, which was brilliant, and to win the Champions League with Manchester United was an amazing experience.
I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in the history books.
I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.
We probably got on better with the likes of Holland, Belgium, Norway and Sweden, some of whom are not even European.
I was born and raised in Breda, a small city in Holland. We call it the dance capital of the world.
In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.
If you are in Holland, be careful not to say tomorrow that you don't like French, German or Swedish food or people, you could be called a racist.
In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.
[European audiences differ from American] they talk different. The ones in Holland speak Dutch. The ones in Switzerland speak Swiss. That's the only difference.
Players from Holland and Scandinavia aren't divers, but those from Spain and Italy go down far too easily for my liking.
I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.
I was swimming for the United States of America. I was swimming to beat Stephen Holland.
I have worked since I was 12 years old and started providing for my family in Holland by the age of 17 - and I still do today.
I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland.
Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.
The AZ captain Teun Koopmeiners, a left-footed centre back who can sit in midfield, is probably the best player in Holland in defensive areas.
Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land. — © Oliver Goldsmith
Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.
Strikers in England get less time than in Holland, and it took me a while to get used to that.
I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That's really basic, and that's how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland.
We also have a lot of people who are not Dutch, and who are in Holland as a guest, whether they are asylum seekers or others. I believe if you commit a crime you overstay your welcome, if we could extradite you.
There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it.
Because we're Jewish, my father immigrated to Holland in 1933, where he became the managing director of the Dutch Opekta Company, which manufactures products used in making jam.
When I was 16, I really discovered good stuff like Detroit techno or gabba from Holland.
We need to ban all air-freighted food. Carrots from Holland. Potatoes from Egypt. It's got to stop.
My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years.
I've coached in Holland, Portugal and Spain and not only won trophies each time, but taken sides to the latter stages of the Champions League.
I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.
I believe I have an important message and we are fighting the same fight, which is the fight for freedom in Australia, in Holland and in Europe.
When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland. — © Anne Frank
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.
If you want to make your mark as a footballer, you think England, Germany, Italy, Spain. Maybe France or Holland. But not China, not the Middle East.
At Ajax, Juventus, and with Holland, I have played with top teams, and now I want to use my experience to reach the same goal with Fulham.
Don't forget I had only played one season at the highest level in Holland when Spurs bought me from AZ Alkmaar.
Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.
In Holland, homosexuality is treated the same way as heterosexuality. In what Islamic country does that happen?
I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
Celtic and Ajax are great names in history. They both have great followings all over the world, not just in Holland and Scotland.
To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.
That generation of Germans, along with volunteers from Denmark, Holland, even England and the Free India division and so on, we Europeans were alert and awake to the danger of Bolshevism.
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