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Arthur Erickson

"Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind."

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"In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland."

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"Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low."

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"I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan."

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"I know they are going to be doing a box set in Europe of Danzig 5 and 6 and some other stuff."

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"Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden."

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"I am touring in Europe. I am putting together a trio and a quartet. I am playing solo concerts with my symphonic sounds. I am very much engaged back to playing and recording and everything."

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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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"All Europe, including Erasmus, has followed Luther."

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"Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe."

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"The movie wasn't a hit, although it did well in Europe for some reason."

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