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• A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood… A day will come when we shall see… the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas. – Victor Hugo • A relatively small and eternally quarrelsome country in Western Europe, fountainhead of rationalist political manias, militarily impotent, historically inglorious during the past century, democratically bankrupt, Communist-infiltrated from top to bottom. – William F. Buckley, Jr. • Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away. – Lafcadio Hearn • Africa north of the Sahara, from a zoological point of view, is now, and has been since early Tertiary times, a part of Europe. This is true both of animals and of the races of man. – Madison Grant • After being boxed in by man and his constructions in Europe and the East, the release into space is exhilarating. The horizon is a huge remote circle, and no hills intervene. – Jacques Barzun • All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe’s technological power crusading in the vanguard of a civilizing mission, have profound feelings of inferiority and bitterly regret the fact that the Industrial Revolution did not agreeably commence in Dahomey or Dakar. Nothing is achieved by concealing this fact. – Lewis Nkosi • And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian. – Philippe Perrin • Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units. – Margaret Chan • Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. – Eleanor Roosevelt • As an observer of markets – whenever everyone focuses on one thing – like Greece and Europe – maybe they miss issues that are far more important – such as a meaningful slowdown in India and China. – Marc Faber • Asia’s crowded and Europe’s too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada’s too cold. And South America stole our name, let’s drop the big one. – Randy Newman • Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes. – Jacob T. Schwartz • Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance. – Will Rogers

• Be advised that there is no parking in Europe. – Dave Barry • Being and working in America, it’s very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it’s slow-moving and it’s not always good. – Mireille Guiliano • Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me. – Jackie Kennedy • But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now. – Laurent Fabius • But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. – Edmund Burke • But, I’ve made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood. – Sydney Pollack • Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let’s say, over western Europe. You just can’t use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan. – Lloyd Cutler • Civilization – and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe – has not in itself the power of survival. It came into being through Christianity, and without it has no significance or power to command allegiance … It is no longer possible, as it was in the time of Gibbon, to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis on which it rests … Christianity … is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries. – Evelyn Waugh • Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. – Guy Kawasaki • Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia’s EU entry talks. – Stjepan Mesic • Does this boat go to Europe, France? – Anita Loos • Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. – Jackie Mason • Europe and the U.K. are yesterday’s world. Tomorrow is in the United States. – Tiny Rowland • Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden. – Juan Carlos I of Spain • Europe cannot survive another world war. – Christian Lous Lange • Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism. – Gijs de Vries • Europe has to address people’s needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations. – Peter Mandelson • Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about it. – Vladimir Zhirinovsky • Europe has what we [Americans] do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life’s possibilities. – James A. Baldwin • Europe is a collection of free countries. – Douglas J. Feith • Europe is and will be a Union of States. – Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Europe is good at many things, which is why we are the largest exporter in the world. Thirty million people in Europe are employed in making our exports of goods and services. Just under 900 thousand of them are in Sweden. – Cecilia Malmstrom • Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it’s like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars. – Mark Gatiss • Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. – Ulrich Beck • Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility. – Napoleon Bonaparte • Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young. – Mike Myers • Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. – Margaret Thatcher • Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith – even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. – Karen Armstrong • Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American Eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. – H. G. Wells • Fascism is the result of the collapse of Europe’s spiritual and social order… catastrophes broke through the everyday routine which makes men accept existing forms, institutions and tenets as unalterable natural laws. They suddenly exposed the vacuum behind the facade of society. – Peter Drucker • For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy. – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen • For years, we’ve grown dependant on American consumers as the world’s spenders of last resort. They’ve kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise, and prevented global deflation. But at the same time, they’ve not been looking after their own futures. – Evan Davis • France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing, though, is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster. – Johnny Depp • From the dome of St. Peter’s one can see every notable object in Rome… He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe. – Mark Twain • Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence. – Benjamin Franklin • Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn’t take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren’t interested in it. – Norman Granz • Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy. – Derek Bok • Guy Peellaert was to Europe what Andy Warhol was to America – except Guy had more talent! – Jim Steranko • He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage. – Lamar Hunt • Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. Some scientists say that this is a myth. – Tim Cahill • I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania’s future. – Victor Ponta • I am busy touring all over Europe, Japan, and Australia. – Suzi Quatro • I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe both in my upbringing and outlook. – Bruce Bennett • I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man. – Catherine Ashton • I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody – not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong. – Gregoire Akcelrod • I believe only in French culture and consider everything in Europe that calls itself ‘culture’ a misunderstanding, not to speak of German culture. – Friedrich Nietzsche • I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe. – Jose Manuel Barroso • I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque India belongs only to me. – Amrita Sher-Gil • I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn’t have money to travel. I thought I’d have to join the military to get to Europe. So I’m thrilled to travel. – Chris Isaak • I defy anyone – and I have said this to the Germans – to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France’s consent. – Pierre Laval • I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe. – Enya • I expect that my readers have been to Europe, I expect them to have some feeling for a foreign language, I expect them to have read books – there are a lot of people like that! That’s my audience. – Alan Furst • I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children. – John James Audubon • I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don’t get homesick. – Magnus Carlsen • I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. – Eddie Izzard • I had always been fascinated by the whole idea that Australia was this different ecology and that when rabbits and prickly pears and other things from Europe were introduced into Australia, they ran amok. – David Gerrold • I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe. – Nick Denton • I have visited some places where the differences between black and white are not as profound as they used to be, but I think there is a new form of racism growing in Europe and that is focused on people who are Middle Eastern. I see it. – Montel Williams • I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. – Susan Sontag • I haven’t travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I’ve never even been to US. – Ville Valo • I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy… and then I did Spain and France by myself. – Michael Fassbender • I learned that you can make a sci-fi film that is satisfying overseas. European people have everything in check. I’d make every sci-fi film in Europe. They only work 14 hours a day. After that, it’s overtime. – Michelle Rodriguez • I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan. – Billy Higgins • I must walk toward Oregon, and not toward Europe. And that way the nation is moving, and I may say that mankind progress from east to west. We go eastward to realize history and study the works of art and literature, retracing the steps of the race; we go westward as into the future, with a spirit of enterprise and adventure. – Henry David Thoreau • I notice that teams are now more interested in Japanese players than when I first went to Europe. – Hidetoshi Nakata • I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We’ve always said German unity, European unity and integration, that’s two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. – Angela Merkel • I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I’m in Europe. I’m always shocked that I’m still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago. – David Coverdale • I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe. – Francois Gautier • I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it’s an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income. – Frank Bruno • I think it does work. The fact that the law is there and injustices can be rectified, I think has a lot to do with the fact that the people in this country aren’t as frustrated as they are in some of these places in Eastern Europe and don’t resort to violent revolution. – Harold H. Greene • I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat. – Barack Obama • I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two. – Stephen Cole Kleene • I think the race went as well as it could and I drove well to finish sixth. The chassis is working better and through the corners we are more or less there; we’ll move onto Europe and see if we can get further up the grid and keep improving. The weekend went pretty smooth for me until the end of the race, I don’t know what happened, but the team will have a look at it. – Daniel Ricciardo • I turn my eyes to the schools & universities of Europe And there behold the loom of Locke whose woof rages dire, Washed by the water-wheels of Newton. Black the cloth In heavy wreaths folds over every nation; cruel works Of many wheels I view, wheel without wheel, with cogs tyrannic Moving by compulsion each other: not as those in Eden, which Wheel within wheel in freedom revolve, in harmony & peace. – William Blake • I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier. – Napoleon Bonaparte • I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair. – Madeleine Albright • I was with a folk trio back in ’63 and ’64, and we traveled all across North Africa, Israel, and Europe. – Creed Bratton • If Berlin fell, the US would lose Europe, and if Europe fell into the hands of the Soviet Union and thus added its great industrial plant to the USSR’s already great industrial plant, the United States would be reduced to the character of a garrison state if it were to survive at all. – Dwight D. Eisenhower • If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European. – James Joyce • If it was Europe that gave us on the coast some idea of our history, it was Europe, I feel, that also introduced us to the lie. – V. S. Naipaul • If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy. – Mikhail Saakashvili • If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get more important for us. – Tony Blair • If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding. – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau • I’m not prepared to have someone tell me there is only one view of what Europe is. Europe isn’t owned by any of them, Europe is owned by all of us. – Tony Blair • Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world. – James F. Byrnes • In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles. – Dennis Banks • In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece’s parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National Front’s Marine Le Pen received strong backing in France’s presidential election. Growing support for similar forces across Europe points to an inescapable conclusion: the continent’s prolonged financial crisis is creating a crisis of values that is now threatening the European Union itself. – George Soros • In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe. – David McCallum • In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don’t shoot films any more. There’s more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. – Paul Bettany • In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don’t want you to succeed, and they cut you down – especially people from your own social class. – Mark Burnett • In Europe you learn not to fail, and in America you fail to learn. You need failure. – Hartmut Esslinger • In Europe, where human relations like clothes are supposed to last, one’s got to be wearable. In France one has to be interesting, in Italy pleasant, in England one has to fit. – Sybille Bedford • In Hamburg, there are three major orchestras, an opera house, and one of the great concert-hall acoustics in Europe at the Laeiszhalle, in a town a fifth the size of London. And that’s not unusual. In Germany, there are dozens of towns with two or three orchestras. The connection with music goes very, very deep. – Jeffrey Tate • In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance. – Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. • In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making. – Carol P. Christ • In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945. – Queen Elizabeth II • In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don’t think I would have seen as much change if I’d lived in any other city in the world. – Shalom Harlow • In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism. – C. L. R. James • In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories. – Yannick Noah • In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world – in America first but also in Europe – has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance. – Wim Wenders • In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn’t have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. – Jeremy Rifkin • Information and inspiration are everywhere… history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture. – John Howe • Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies. – Jose Manuel Barroso • It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore. – Margaret Fuller • It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery. – Mohamed El-Erian • It is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal. – Pierre Laval • It is not to save capitalism that we fight in Russia … It is for a revolution of our own. … If Europe were to become once more the Europe of bankers, of fat corrupt bourgeoisies we should prefer Communism to win and destroy everything. We would rather have it all blow up than see this rottenness resplendent. Europe fights in Russia because it [i.e., Fascist Europe] is Socialist. what interests us most in the war is the revolution to follow The war cannot end without the triumph of Socialist revolution. – Leon Degrelle • It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill. – Julien Benda • It’s been President Clinton’s dream that we’ll have finally a fully integrated Europe. – Warren Christopher • It’s hard to explain why I like Europe so much. – Broderick Crawford • It’s like night and day… to do business, in Europe, there is no bull, they are pretty straightforward. – Caprice Bourret • It’s monstrous that Europe, which is fighting for human rights, refused seriously sick Slobodan Milosevic treatment. – Vladimir Zhirinovsky • I’ve always held the view that great states need strategic space. I mean, George Washington took his space from George III. Britain took it from just about everybody. Russia took all of Eastern Europe. Germany’s taken it from everywhere they can, and China will want its space too. – Paul Keating • I’ve always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones. – Joe Elliott • I’ve never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking. – Puff Daddy • I’ve worked behind counters serving food, and I’ve lived on the circus train, and I’ve led bicycle tours in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and Russia. I’ve been a key liner for a newspaper, I’ve done typesetting. Oh, all sorts of things. – Bonnie Jo Campbell • Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. – Minoru Yamasaki • Jesus was not a white man; He was not a black man. He came from that part of the world that touches Africa and Asia and Europe. Christianity is not a white man’s religion and don’t let anybody ever tell you that it’s white or black. Christ belongs to all people; He belongs to the whole world. – Billy Graham • Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe. – Ibrahim Rugova • Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in cultivated pastimes: sonneteering, the lute, games and acrostics, travel, gentlemanly studies and sports, hunting and hawking, treated as arts. – Mary McCarthy • Maimed but still magnificent… Europe’s mightiest medieval cathedral. – R. W. Apple • Many upscale American parents somehow think jobs like their own are part of the nation’s natural order. They are not. In Europe, they have already discovered that, and many there have accepted the new small-growth, small-jobs reality. Will we? – Daniel Henninger • Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe. – Douglas Hurd • Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows? – Nigel Farage • Modern Existentialism… is a total European creation, perhaps the last philosophic legacy of Europe to America or whatever other civilization is now on its way to supplant Europe. – William Barrett • Morality in Europe today is herd-morality – Friedrich Nietzsche • More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England’s back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international. – Agnes Smedley • More than 95 percent of both legal and illegal immigration into the United States is non-white. Because of the way immigration law is structured, the highest-skilled nations on earth – those of Europe – are allowed only a tiny percentage of immigrants, while the third world nations such as Mexico are dumping their chaff onto American shores at the highest rate in history. – David Duke • More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a country where a traveler has to think twice before indulging in the ordinary food of ordinary people. – Joseph Lelyveld • Most Americans will be horrified that President Obama is compromising our deterrent to chemical and biological attacks on this country. Our allies will also be troubled by his aspiration to eliminate U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. – Frank Gaffney • Mother’s taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. – David Rockefeller • Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! – Ronald Reagan • Much of America is now in need of an equivalent of Mrs. Thatcher’s privatization program in 1980s Britain, or post-Soviet Eastern Europe’s economic liberalization in the early Nineties. It’s hard to close down government bodies, but it should be possible to sell them off. And a side benefit to outsourcing the Bureau of Government Agencies and the Agency of Government Bureaus is that you’d also be privatizing public-sector unions, which are the biggest and most direct assault on freedom, civic integrity, and fiscal solvency. – Mark Steyn • Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity. – Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man’s life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it. – Lafcadio Hearn • Only recently, during the nineteenth century, and then only in Europe, do we meet forms of the state which have been created by a deliberate national feeling. – Christian Lous Lange • Playing Chelsea is as tough a test as you’ll get in Europe these days. – Michael Carrick • Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe’s fiscal, banking, and monetary union. – Barry Eichengreen • Purity of race does not exist. Europe is a continent of energetic mongrels. – H. A. L. Fisher • Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history – the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere – modern man is filled with pride in the progress accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism. – Savitri Devi • Remember one thing – that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe. – Goran Persson • Romania will always defend the Roma’s right to move freely in Europe. They are European citizens and as long as there is no evidence they broke the law they should enjoy the same rights of any European citizen. – Traian Basescu • Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball. – Henry L. Stimson • Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. – John Bruton • Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered, without all those nuclear weapons the Soviets have aimed at it simply through the shipping routes and raw materials they control. – Barbara Amiel • Since the web is totally worldwide, we need a set of behavioural rules, laws they are commonly called, that are accepted worldwide. There is a big difference as to how things are treated in the U.S. and Europe and Asia. – Robert Cailliau • Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe. – Jose Manuel Barroso • So Europe’s a big driver. And at one point, if the euro hadn’t devalued, they would have been making as much money as the US with half the stores. Returns were higher. – Jim Cantalupo • So perhaps the most worrying single remark made by a responsible banking official during the current crisis came from Jochen Sanio, the head of Germany’s banking regulator BaFin. He warned on Aug. 1 that his country could be facing the worst banking crisis since 1931 – a reference to the collapse of Austria’s Kredit Anstalt, which provoked a wave of bank failures across Europe. – Martin Walker • Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe. – Steven Chu • Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing, and Europe’s economy remains unable to grow. – Barry Eichengreen • Spain and southern Italy, in which Catholicism has most deeply implanted its roots, are even now, probably beyond all other countries in Europe, those in which inhumanity to animals is most wanton and unrebuked. – William Edward Hartpole Lecky • Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe. – Edmund Burke • Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates to maintain these errors. When the clouds of ignorance began to vanish and the people grew more enlightened, there was no other way to keep them in error but to prohibit their altering their religious opinions by severe persecuting laws. In this way persecution became general throughout Europe. – Oliver Ellsworth • Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America. – Elliott Carter • Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe. – Sigmar Gabriel • Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on. – Jan Peter Balkenende • That in order to achieve the triumph of liberty, justice and peace in the international relations of Europe, and to render civil war impossible among the various peoples which make up the European family, only a single course lies open: to constitute the United States of Europe – Mikhail Bakunin • The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises. – Barry Eichengreen • The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change. – John Monks • The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows – which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach – but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen. – Kim Cattrall • The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of its characteristics, the interest of its history, the rapidity of its advance, and the stupendous promise of its future. – Henry Lawson • The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity. – Carl Jung • The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. – Jacques Chirac • The Drafters of the Constitution were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an even longer heritage of church-state problems in Europe. – John M Swomley • The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility. – Jacques Delors • The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here. – Jeremy Rifkin • The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the first governing document of its kind to expand the human franchise to the level of global consciousness. The language throughout the draft constitution speaks of universalism, making it clear that its focus is not a people, or a territory, or a nation, but rather the human race and the planet we inhabit. – Jeremy Rifkin • The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more. – Gijs de Vries • The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe. – Maggie Gallagher • The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I’d not seen that in England. – Richard Dawson • The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary. – Heinrich Himmler • The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another. – Edmund Wilson • The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof – Mary McCarthy • The military superiority of Europe to Asia is not an eternal law of nature, as we are tempted to think, and our superiority in civilization is a mere delusion. – Bertrand Russell • The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad, travelling around Europe by rail, fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff, so I’ve learnt to be more economical. – Roman Coppola • The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. – Arthur Erickson • The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear alone. America needs a strong and effective U.N. I want to work with this new Congress to pay our dues and our debts. We must continue to support security and stability in Europe and Asia – expanding NATO and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with Japan, with Korea, with our other Asian allies, and engaging China. – William J. Clinton • The poor are the blacks of Europe. – Nicolas Chamfort • The primary goal of collectivism – of socialism in Europe and contemporary liberalism in America – is to enlarge governmental supervision of individuals’ lives. This is done in the name of equality. People are to be conscripted into one large cohort, everyone equal (although not equal in status or power to the governing class) in their status as wards of a self-aggrandizing government. – George Will • The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism. – Lajos Kossuth • The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe. – Dave Barry • The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. – Alfred North Whitehead • The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . . To change these traditions . . . would be harmful to our whole attitude of tolerance in the religious area. If we look at situations which have arisen in the past in Europe and other world areas, I think we will see the reason why it is wise to hold to our early traditions. – Eleanor Roosevelt • The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf. – Lewis Mumford • The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology with profound historical consequences is hay. Nobody knows who invented hay, the idea of cutting grass in the autumn and storing it in large enough quantities to keep horses and cows alive through the winter. All we know is that the technology of hay was unknown to the Roman Empire but was known to every village of medieval Europe. Like many other crucially important technologies, hay emerged anonymously during the so-called Dark Ages. – Freeman Dyson • The territorial state is such an ancient form of society – here in Europe it dates back thousands of years – that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland. – Christian Lous Lange • The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history – the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled. – Josiah Strong • The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake. – Douglas Hurd • There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation. – Laurent Fabius • There are some great divers in Europe and I’m really excited about going to Eindhoven. – Tom Daley • There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists. – Jose Maria Aznar • There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. – Charles Olson • There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers! – Winston Churchill • There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe. – Herman Gorter • There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe. – Mario Draghi • There is no desire from the new British players. They say their coach doesn’t travel with them so it’s hard, but I played hundreds of players from Eastern Europe and Russia who had no facilities at all. – Tim Henman • There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House. – Herman Melville • They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they’re not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it’s not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here. – Michael D. Barnes • This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It’s not true of theatre, but in America, film audiences are young. It’s not an intellectual cinema in America. – Jacqueline Bisset • This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish. – Laurent Fabius • To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe’s intricate diversity – and its lost creativity. – Timothy Garton Ash • To enter Europe, you must have a valid passport with a photograph of yourself in which you look like you are being booked on charges of soliciting sheep. – Dave Barry • To persuade thinking persons in Eastern Europe that Central American Marxists – the Sandinistas, the guerillas in El Salvador – are in absurd and tragic error is not difficult. Poles and Czechs and Hungarians can hardly believe, after what they experienced under socialism, that other human beings would fall for the same bundle of lies, half-truths, and distortions. Sadly, however, illusion is often sweeter to human taste than reality. The last marxist in the world will probably be an American nun. – Michael Novak • To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleon’s time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europe’s menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures. – Raymond Sokolov • To understand Europe, you have to be a genius – or French. – Madeleine Albright • Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere. – Heinrich Himmler • We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed, to forget the feuds of a thousand years and work for the larger harmonies on which the future depends. – Winston Churchill • We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn’t need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen. – Traian Basescu • We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust. – Gene Tierney • We don’t mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. – Robert Mugabe • We go to Europe to be Americanized. – Ralph Waldo Emerson • 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. – Dan Quayle • We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which actually makes it impossible for the United States to form its own decisions about its conduct and policies in Europe and Asia. – John T. Flynn • We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe. – Phil Collins • We swear we are not going to abandon the struggle until the Last Jew in Europe has been exterminated and is actually dead. It is not enough to isolate the Jewish enemy of mankind – the Jew has got to be exterminated! – Robert Ley • Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. – John Major • Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia. – Richard Rorty • What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom; and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy. – Margaret Thatcher • Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today. – Leonid Brezhnev • When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and grudgingly it would be accepted from time to time. – Michael Tilson Thomas • When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life. – Norman Rockwell • When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don’t like it you can change it. – Tony Benn • When I search for Man in the technique and the style of Europe, I see only a succession of negations of man, and an avalanche of murders. – Frantz Fanon • When I’ve seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can’t tell you what that phenomenon is. – Carlisle Floyd • When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. – Caleb Cushing • Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos. – Adolf Hitler • Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression. – Otto von Bismarck • With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe. – Peter Drucker • With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries. What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient. – Lee Kuan Yew • With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right – it does look like that. – David McCullough • Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso. – Ludwig Erhard • Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world. – Charles de Gaulle • You either believe in Europe at any price: in other words we have to be in Europe at any price because you can’t survive without it, or you don’t. If you don’t it tends to suggest there is a price which you are not willing to pay. – Liam Fox • You, the Spirit of the Settlement! … Not understand that America is God’s crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries. – Israel Zangwill • Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here… is France, and we’re in the middle – that’s my map of Africa. – Otto von Bismarck

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20 Fantastic Noodle Soups to Cook this Winter

A good brothy noodle soup is great anytime of year, but it’s particularly good in the middle of winter. And you have options! Between the broth, the type of noodles, and whatever else you put in the bowl, the possibilities are nearly endless. Below you’ll find a collection of A+ noodle soups to try. There are interpretations of classics like pho and ramen, alongside seasonal ideas, and unique seasoning approaches. Enjoy! – h

1. Winter Green Miso Noodle Soup – (101 Cookbooks) The noodle soup above is built on my green miso paste. Simply add water, whatever fresh noodles, and some winter greens, and you’re good.

2. Pumpkin Miso Broth with Soba – (My New Roots) Perfect winter combination and colors. The combination of sesame seeds and sautéed shiitake mushrooms on top looks wonderful.

3. One-Pot 5-Spice Chickpea Noodle Soup – (Will Frolic for Food) A hearty soup made with rotini. It highlights an array of five spices along with a combination of balsamic, apple cider vinegar, and yogurt to create a rich stew-y soup.

4. Shiitake and Spinach Miso Soup – (A Beautiful Plate / Love and Lemons ) Originally from the beautiful Love and Lemons cookbook, this recipe will inspire you to source some perfect shiitake mushrooms. Two cups of spinach means you’ll get a healthy dose of greens.

5. New Year Noodle Soup Recipe – (101 Cookbooks) This is an all-time favorite traditional Persian noodle soup. It features thin egg noodles, borlotti beans, herbs, turmeric, cumin, and all sorts of other ingredient magic.

6. Chickpea Noodle Soup with Parsley and Lemon – (Occasionally Eggs) Chickpeas, carrots, cayenne and a squeeze of lemon make this a good candidate for cold season.

7. Chickpea & Sweet Potato Noodle Soup – (My New Roots) This is one of those recipes that makes taking out the spiralizer worth it.

8. Kimchi and Buckwheat Noodle Egg drop soup – (Nyssa’s Kitchen) For kimchi fans. This one is for you. Kimchi + Egg drop soup – you know it is going to be good.

9. Really Great Vegan Ramen – (101 Cookbooks) Here’s my take on a vegan ramen. Bonus – all the components are great on their own (if you have leftovers), and there are seasonal ideas, for year round ramen.

10. Vegetarian Pho – (Happy Yolks / Green Kitchen Travels) An beautiful, inventive take on pho – bok choy, bean sprouts and basil with fennel.

11. Bangkok Coconut Curry Noodle bowls – (Pinch of Yum) Love the mix of colors in this one. Based on rice noodles and a mix of veggies, swap out the fish sauce for one of the veg versions out there and this is a hearty, straight-forward weekday meal.

12. Vegetarian Pho Noodle Soup – (Omnivore’s Cookbook) Here’s another pho, but a different technique is used to prep the ingredients. Deep smoky flavors are created by charring ginger and onions.

13. Vegetarian Ramen with Garlic-Ginger Broth – (The Roasted Root) All the greens, four or five different shades(!) layered on top of rice noodles.

14. Vegetarian Ramen Bowl with Spicy Brussels Sprouts – (Naturally Ella) A ramen bowl with a wild card – brussels sprouts roasted with sambal oelek.

15. Vegan Ramen Spicy Noodles – (Love is in My Tummy) Time to get your kombu on.

16. Chinese Vegetarian Noodle Soup () – (Omnivore’s Cookbook) This veg noodle soup features tofu marinated in maple syrup, kale and an optional “detox vegetable broth.”

17. Mushroom and Spicy Tofu Udon Soup – (But First Plants) This is one you’ll want to try if you can find some good, fresh udon noodles. Sriracha and sesame seeds provide a flavor twist.

18. Green Miso Soba Soup – (Fork Knife Swoon) This miso + soba combination uses a healthy dose of onion, ginger and garlic to provide a good clearing of the sinuses.

19. Ginger Miso Udon Noodles with Five-Spice Tofu – (Healthy Nibbles and Bits ) Here’s another take on miso with ginger, but this time with udon. Ground coriander and a five-spice blend for the tofu offer unique flavors for a noodle soup.

20. Turmeric Miso Soup with Shiitakes, Turnips and Soba – (Lindsey Love) Here’s a soba soup that uses fresh turmeric, yellow miso and the surprise: turnips.

21. Vegetable Miso Soup with Soba Noodles – (Marie Reginato) This is another miso soup recipe that creates a solid flavor base with kombu / kelp, so seek it out at the store (also easy to find online). Cabbage and sweet potato provide a winter veg base, but you could adapt this to different seasons.

Continue reading 20 Fantastic Noodle Soups to Cook this Winter on 101 Cookbooks

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Things I Like • The Songbook Century

I have been listening to late-period Nina Simone recently...Nina’s last LP was recorded in California, which made a connection, in my mind at least, to Verve records, and to the west-coast jazz scene, troubadours, Brian Wilson and Joni Mitchell etc...

This has reminded me of how brilliant the standards of the Great American Songbook are. Classically, this begins with the 1920s...the Gershwins, Cole Porter etc etc and goes on till the 1960s. Nowadays, I count the whole of the 20C as the Songbook Century. Nearly all of it was recorded by Ella for Verve.

By the time late period Nina, 1990s, all sorts of songs had been co-opted into the songbook. It’s a big bok now.

Usually, I have listened to the songbook sung by Ella Fitzgerald and backed by the great swing-band of Verve, in California. It’s not as hard-core as Blue Note; and with a Californian vibe that comes from the latin-currents of the Pacific.

I’ve posted before about Darius Milhaud and Le Beouf sur Le Toit, Dave Brubeck...and John Adams etc, here

http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/159111291905/things-i-like-the-ox-on-the-roof-c1950s

http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/126590453530/charles-ives-modern-music-in-america

The story of Verve is the story of Norman Granz...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/27/verve-records-jazz-norman-granz

Anyway, Nina sings, The Folks Who live on the Hill (1937) with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. When you see the lyrics printed out, they can seem a bit underwhelming...

Some day we'll build a home on a hilltop high, you and I, Shiny and new, a cottage that two can fill. And we'll be pleased to be called "The folks who live on the hill."

Some day we may be adding a thing or two, a wing or two, We will make changes as any family will, But we will always be called "The folks who live on the hill."

Our verandah will command a view of meadows green, The sort of view that seems to want to be seen. And when the kids grow up and leave us, We'll sit and look at that same old view, Just we two, Darby and Joan who used to be Jack and Jill, The folks who like to be called What they have always been called "The folks who live on the hill."

But the way Nina sings it, she phrases verandah with command-a, view...

Which is clever and brilliant.

Posting this, I have just found out about the Verve book, published in 2013

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2013/oct/27/verve-records-norman-granz-jazz

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Series ini sebenarnya udah tayang dari tahun 2010-an di Amrik. Ceritanya berdasarkan sebuah buku series dengan judul yang sama karya Sara Shepard. Tapi aku baru mulai nonton series ini belum lama ini karena ya baru dapat kesempatan sekarang aja nontonnya. Selain itu juga karena direkomenin sama teman. Katanya bagus. Aku coba ikutin sarannya dia meski nggak yakin bakalan suka. Entah kenapa juga aku udah berpikiran negatif duluan dengan series ini. Mungkin karena pemainnya nggak ada yang kukenal, selain Lucy Hale. Itu pun hasil nonton film dia yang menurutku biasa aja, yang judulnya pun udah aku lupa. Ada cinderella-nya gitu kalau nggak salah. Tuh, sampai googling pun aku enggan, Lol. (Sorry Lucy Hale). Jadi aku beranggapan series ini pun akan memiliki tema yang serupa. Kurang greget. Tapi ternyata dugaanku salah. Malah seru banget, ada misterinya.

Oke, mumpung aku lagi rajin, aku pengen bercerita soal series-nya perepisode. Biar asyik aja gitu. Dan biar ingat aja bagian penting dalam setiap episodenya. Beberapa episode bahkan ada yang aku kasih full dialogue-nya juga. Kurang rajin apa coba? (Atau kurang kerjaan, Lol) Seperti biasa, aku ini Miss Spoiler kalau udah nulis di blog. Jadi hati-hati aja dengan serangan ranjau spoiler dalam tulisan ini, okay? Oh, dan untuk episode satu ini, aku cuma kasih sedikit dialog karena ada perubahan rencana, tapi sayang juga kalau dialognya dibuang. Udah cape-cape ngetik, kan? And fyi, setting dalam series ini fiktif, alias nggak nyata, kecuali Pennsylvania-nya. Untuk info lebih lanjut, sila cek Sang Master Wikipedia. And btw, episode satu ini nggak ada judulnya, cuma dibilang Pilot aja, gitu. Padahal apa susahnya sih kasih judul biar cantik? Hampir semua series, episode pertamanya pasti dikasih judul Pilot. Sebel!

Baiklah, daripada aku ngedumel terus, ktia capcus ke series-nya. Btw, ini kelihatan jelas nggak gambarnya? Baru nyadar gelap begini. Kalau nonton langsung, pas ada sambaran kilatnya jadi lumayan kelihatan. Tapi yang aku ambil gambarnya malah dapat yang lagi gelap begini. Oke, jadi gambar di bawah ini adalah gambar sebuah gudang. Nah, udah kelihatan, kan?

Episode diawali dengan berkumpulnya lima orang gadis usia 15 tahunan di sebuah bangunan semacam gudang. Nama mereka adalah Alison DiLaurentis, Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Hanna Marin, dan Spencer Hastings (Sengaja berdasarkan alfabet biar nggak berantem. So lucky, Alison is always number one because she’s the boss. She’s their Queen B).

Pada malam itu, angin bertiup kencang di Rosewood, Pennsylvania, lingkungan mereka tinggal. Makanya itu menambah keinginan mereka untuk ngobrol-ngobrol sambil minum. Minum apa, aku nggak paham. Mungkin sesuatu yang mengandung alkohol. Nggak mungkin juga susu, kan?

Alison: It’s bad, huh? (Sambil melihat teman-temannya saling mencicipi minuman tersebut) Lalu tiba-tiba lampu berkedip-kedip dan berakhir padam. Hanna: What happened? Spencer: It must be the storm. (Aria lalu menggunakan senter di dekatnya untuk menerangi ruangan) (Terdengar suara derit pintu) Aria: Something’s out there. (Pintu perlahan terbuka) Hanna: Guys!

(Keempat gadis itu, kecuali Alison, yg entah di mana keberadaannya, berdiri berimpitan dan berjalan perlahan menuju pintu. Mereka menjerit ketika terdengar suara benda pecah. Bersama mereka berjalan semakin mendekat ke pintu. Tiba-tiba Alison muncul dari luar, di hadapan mereka, mengejutkan keempat temannya. Btw, gambar di atas tuh harusnya ada empat orang tapi baru sadar (lagi) kalau sekarang yang kelihatan cuman tiga aja. Si Emily gelap banget gambarnya, ya, Lol) Alison: Gotcha! (Tertawa) All the girls screamed so loud. Spencer: That’s so not funny, Alison! Alison: I thought it was hilarious, girls. Hanna: Ali, did you download the new Beyonce? Alison: Not yet (Duduk di kursi) Emily: I’m loving her new video. (Ikut duduk di hadapan Ali) Alison: Maybe a little too much, Em. (Alison mengambil gelas berisi minuman dan memberikannya pada Aria) Alison: Your turn. Go on. Spencer: Careful, Aria. Take too much and you’ll tell us all your secrets. (Semua kecuali Alison tertawa) Alison: Friends share secrets. That’s what keeps us close. (Menatap Aria) Drink up. (Semua pun tertawa)

Capek tertawa, mereka akhirnya tertidur di gudang tersebut. Hingga akhirnya Aria terbangun. Dia kemudian membangunkan Emily. Dan akhirnya Hanna pun ikut terbangun.

Hanna: Where’s Ali and Spencer? Aria: We don’t know. (Aria bangkit dan berjalan ke arah pintu yang terbuka. Dia mendengar suara langkah kaki) Aria: Ali? (Tapi yang muncul adalah Spencer) Spencer: She’s gone. Aria: What do you mean she’s gone? Spencer: I’ve looked everywhere for her. I think I heard her scream.

Cerita satu tahun yang lalu itu berhenti di sana. Begitu saja. Karena dari sanalah misteri dimulai. Misteri hilangnya Alison DiLaurentis, teman mereka.

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Satu tahun berlalu. Aria kembali ke Rosewood, setelah sebelumnya tinggal di Iceland bersama seluruh keluarga intinya. Sebuah koran berisi berita mengenai Ali tergeletak di jalanan beraspal.

Di ruangan itu, Aria menatap bayangan dirinya di hadapan cermin. Boks-boks berisi barang masih menumpuk di ruangan itu. Datanglah ibunya, Ella.

Ella: Aria, are you okay? (Aria berbalik dan tersenyum sambil menggelengkan kepalanya) Aria: It’s weird to be home. Ella: We were gone a year. When you’re 16, that’s a long time. Aria: I still think about her everyday. Ella: Why don’t you call your friends? They don’t know we’re back from dad’s sabbatical. Aria: On the news, they’re calling it… the anniversary of Alison’s disappearance. Like it’s a party or something. Ella: Why don’t you give them a call? (Aria meringis) Ella: You five were inseparable and those feelings don’t just go away. (Adik Aria muncul tergesa di ambang pintu)

Mike: I need a ride to Lacrosse! (Ella tersenyum seraya menyerahkan kunci mobil pada Aria) Aria: (Tertawa) I’ll take him. (Mike mencari-cari sesuatu di boks) Byron (Their dad): Got Lacrosse today? Mike: It’s first tryouts. And all my stuff’s in about a hundred boxes. Ella: A hundred? Mike: You know what I mean. Ella: Come on, let’s go look in the garage. Come on. (Sambil membawa secangkir kopi, Byron menghampiri Aria yang sudah bersiap pergi mengantar Mike) Byron: Listen, I know coming back here brings up a lot of memories. You okay? Aria: Dad, I’m still keeping your secret, okay? Byron: I mean, are you okay with Alison? (Mike dan Ella muncul, jadi Aria nggak sempat menjawab. Dia bersama Mike pergi keluar menuju mobil) Ella: (Merangkul Byron) And they’re running off to practice. We are officially home.

(Ngomong-ngomong, kenapa Aria dan Mike nggak ada kemiripan sama kedua orangtuanya ya. Beda aja gitu menurutku. And you know what? Yang jadi Ella adalah yang memerankan tokoh Piper di series lawas tentang tiga penyihir cantik, Charmed)

Aria menurunkan Mike di sekolahnya untuk latihan. Aria: Hey, what time am I picking you up? Mike: Uh, six. Aria: Okay, I’m gonna grab some food. Mike: Bye. (Aria melirik jam di mobil yang menunjukkan pukul 4.15. Masih lama. Dia lalu mengambil ponselnya, kayaknya mau menelepon sahabatnya tapi urung. Akhirnya dia melajukan mobilnya ke suatu tempat. Ke Hollis Bar & Grill. Di sana dia duduk di depan bar. Terpisah oleh satu kursi, ada seorang lelaki yang juga duduk di sana.)

Aria: Can I get a cheeseburger, please? Waiter: You got it. (Aria menatap jam di dinding bar. Jam lima. Lalu pandangannya tertuju pada sebuah papan berisi kertas-kertas yang ditempel. Salah satu kertas itu adalah tentang Alison.)

(Tiba-tiba cowok di dekat Aria berbicara padanya) Ezra: You all right down there? Aria: I’m a bit jetlagged. I just got back from Europe. Ezra: Where in Europe? Aria: Iceland. Ezra: I spent some time in Reykjavik. Before I went to Amsterdam. It’s a great city. Aria: So do you go to Hollis? Ezra: Just graduated. I’m gonna start my first teaching job. Aria: Yeah, I think I’d like to teach. (Sebuah lagu mengalun) Aria: God, I love this song. Ezra: B26. What’s your major? Aria: (Sedikit terkejut) Uh, well, I’m leaning toward English. Ezra: That’s what I’m teaching. Aria: (Chuckle) Well, and I write too, but so far, it’s mostly personal. Just for me. Ezra: I’m impressed. Aria: Why? Ezra: Well, I tried writing. (Berjalan untuk duduk di kursi di sebelah Aria)

Ezra: I didn’t get very far. You’re lucky. If you’re writing for yourself, it’s pure passion. Maybe you’d let me read something of yours.

Aria: Yeah? You’d really want to? Ezra: Yeah. You’re smart, you’ve traveled. Great taste in music. Like to know more about you. Aria: (Tersenyum) Yeah. I’d like to know more about you too. (Habis itu, tahu-tahu mereka udah ada di depan cermin toilet aja, dengan Aria duduk di atas wastafel dan Ezra berdiri di hadapannya. They’re kissing so passionately. DAMN! Dan menurutku nih, mereka kalau ciuman itu kayak menghayati banget. Bibirnya Aria sampe keangkat-angkat gitu. Maklum sih, habis Ezra emang ganteng hehe)

Sayang, kisah cinta yang so sweet itu harus hancur berantakan karena besoknya di sekolah, Ezra dan Aria ketemu di ruang kelas. Bukan, bukan sebagai teman sekelas. Tapi sebagai murid dan guru! Ezra ternyata guru Bahasa Inggris baru di sekolah Aria dan Aria yang baru pindah lagi nggak tahu soal itu. Mereka berdua benar-benar kaget kayak baru ngelihat hantu. Hal ini bikin seisi kelas menatap Aria, terlebih ketiga kawannya yang menatap aneh plus curiga.

Saat itu juga Aria dapat SMS. Ternyata itu dari A:

“Maybe he fools around with students all of the time. A lot of teachers do. Just ask your dad.”

Pas habis kelas, Aria meyakinkan dirinya untuk menemui Ezra dan berbicara soal kepura-puraannya di bar kemarin.

Aria bilang kalau dia ingin hubungan mereka berlanjut dan memastikan pada Ezra kalau dia tetap gadis yang sama dengan yang dikenalnya kemarin di bar. Ezra sendiri nggak bisa meneruskan hubungan itu. Dia lalu meninggalkan Aria sendirian begitu aja. Kasihan Aria. Akhirnya sih Ezra juga mengakui kalau dia nggak bisa merelakan Aria. Dia bilang itu pas di suatu acara. Jadi… yah, mereka berniat melanjutkan hubungan itu, diam-diam tentunya.

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Hanna berada di sebuah toko kaca mata di Rosewood Mall. Dia lagi mencoba-coba salah satunya.

Hanna: Could I see the Pradas in the front? Salesman: I’ll have to put some in the back. Hanna: (Melepas kacamatanya) But they’re all maybes. Mona: (Menunjukkan scarf yg dipakainya) Hey, is this me?

Hanna: Or is it a little too much your mother? (Mona berpikir dan kembali masuk ke booth) (Salesman menyerahkan kacamata yg ingin dicoba Hanna. Hanna pun lalu mengenakannya) Mona: I am loving those glasses. How much? Hanna: 350. (Hanna melihat ke lantai atas dan di sana dia melihat Spencer yang sedang memilih-milih baju.) Hanna: (To the salesman) I’ll be right back. (Pramuniaga tersenyum dan rela aja kacamata itu dipakai Hanna. Dia pasti udah terbius sama kecantikan dan keseksian Hanna) Hanna: I cannot believe Spencer Hastings actually has time to shop. I mean, you’re interning for the mayor, taking classes at Hollis, and redoing the barn. And in your leisure moments, you facebook and tweets. Spencer: (Tersenyum) You know me. I like to stay busy.

(Btw, penampilan Spencer kayak udah mau pergi kondangan aja, ya. Tinggal pake kebaya, udah deh cocok. Padahal umurnya ceritanya masih 16 tahun, loh. Yang lain juga begitu, sih. Mungkin begitulan penampilan anak sekolah di Amrik (Di Indonesia juga udah mulai ngikutin, sih). Yang paling natural adalah Emily. Maybe because Emily is a swimmer. She’s kind of boyish and tough, meski agak penakut juga, sih)

Hanna: It’s called a summer vacay, Spence. Spencer: You spent yours sunning and shopping. Hanna: Tweet-tweet. Spencer: (Tertawa) Did you see the paper today? Hanna: Yeah. Spencer: She’s gone, but she’s everywhere. Hanna: I can’t believe it’s been a year. Spencer: Do you remember what Ali said that night, about our secrets keeping us close? (Hanna mengangguk) Spencer: I think it was the opposite. (Jeda beberapa saat di antara mereka) Hanna: So! What’s the occasion? Spencer: Family dinner. We’re meeting Melissa’s fiance. (Spencer berjalan sambil membawa baju pilihannya ke kasir) Hanna: Did Miss Perfect find a Mr. Perfect? Spencer: He’s a med student, so everyone’s thrilled. Hanna: Then that’s not the right top. (Memilihkan baju lain) You need to turn heads. Spencer: Away from Melissa? Please. (Hanna Menunjukkan baju yang dipilihnya pada Melissa) Hanna: She doesn’t always have to win. (Spencer akhirnya menerima gaun pilihan Hanna) Hanna: See you around the playground. Spencer: See you.

(Hanna meninggalkan Spencer dan turun menggunakan eskalator. Kacamata masih bertengger di atas kepalanya. Dia melewati sekuriti tanpa rasa takut. Lalu ia menurunkan kacamatanya. Salesman yang tampak bingung melihat kepergian Hanna cuma bisa melongo. Dia lalu menghitung ulang kacamata yang digelar setelah dicoba Hanna tadi. Hanna berjalan dengan percaya diri dan tiba-tiba sekuriti menghampirinya dan menarik tangannya. Hanna berbalik dan terkejut.) Security: You forgot your bag. Hanna( (Tersenyum lega) Thank you. (Hanna melanjutkan perjalanannya lagi. Tak jauh di depan muncul Mona dengan scarf waran merah yang tadi dicobanya.) Mona: I so thought you were busted. Hanna: Nice scarf. Mona: Nice glasses.

Bandel banget kan dua cewek itu. Ternyata barang-barang keren dan bermerek yang mereka pakai itu hasil curian? Ewww, sampai segitunya ya mereka pingin bergaya. Yang lebih mengejutkan lagi, Hanna dan Mona ini dulunya culun banget. Iya, dulu, waktu Alison masih ada. Mona malah sering dicuekin sama Alison. Kalo Hanna masih suka diajakin gabung.

Nih dia penampilan Mona dulu sebelum berubah jadi salah satu the it girl di sekolahnya.

Kalo Hanna sih masih mending penampilannya. Masalah dia cuma di berat badan aja. Agak gendut gitu, ceritanya. Meski nggak beda-beda amat sama sekarang kalau menurutku. Buktinya, sisa-sisa masa lalunya itu masih bisa kelihatan sampai kini dia jadi the it girl. Dia masih perlu olahraga buat mengencangkan tubuhnya, apalagi kelihatannya dia sering pakai baju bertali spaghetti kayak di bawah ini nih. Well, it’s hard to be so perfect, right, Hanna?

Back to the main story. Awalnya usaha Hanna berhasil. Dia bisa pergi bebas membawa kacamata itu. Tapi pas lagi makan malam cantik di rumahnya, tiba-tiba ada detektif datang ke rumah bersama seorang polisi. Namanya Detektif Wilden. Ternyata ada CCTV yang merekam tindakan pencurian Hanna. Akhirnya, Hanna diborgol dan dibawa ke kantor polisi. Mamanya, Ashley, menemani dia ke sana.

Sementara Ashley bernegosiasi dengan si detektif, Hanna menunggu di luar. Saat itulah dia juga mendapatkan pesan dari A! Heran kok A bisa tahu banyak hal ya? Begini pesannya:

“Be careful, Hanna. I hear prison food makes you fat.”

Ashley udah buat kesepakatan dengan Wilden. Dan Ashley juga akhirnya tahu kalau Hanna udah lumayan sering nyolong-nyolong barang gitu. Ashley tahu Hanna melakukan itu hanya untuk menarik perhatian ayahnya yang udah lama pergi meninggalkan mereka berdua.

Di suatu malam Hanna lagi nonton tivi. Pada saat itu terdengar ada yang membuka pintu. Tenryata itu Ashley dan Wilden. Mereka ciuman dan berjalan masuk ke kamar Ashley. Dari sana Hanna tahu kalau itu adalah perjanjian yang harus dibuat mamanya supaya dia terbebas dari hukuman mencuri kacamata. Hiks.

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Byron punya sebuah rahasia yang hanya diketahui Aria. Bahkan Ella aja nggak tahu. Well, masuk akal sih. Soalnya rahasianya kan tentang perselingkuhan dia sama seorang muridnya di universitas. Semenjak balik lagi ke Rosewood, Byron jadi agak trauma gitu. Dia terus mewanti-wanti Aria biar nggak cerita sama Ella. Dan dia juga nggak bosan-bosannya meyakinkan Aria kalau dia sangat mencintai Ella. Aria jadi flashback ke masa di mana dia melihat dengan matanya sendiri perselingkuhan itu, kira-kira setahun yang lalu. Saat itu dia lagi bersama Alison.

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Rumah Alison, yang bersebelahan dengan rumah Emily, dijual dan kini sudah ditempati oleh penghuni baru. Salah satu penghuninya seusia Emily. Namanya Maya st. Germain. Dia udah punya pacar, LDR-an sejauh 3,000 miles. Ibu Maya pemain cello, dan Maya juga bisa main alat musik tapi bukan cello. Yah, nggak mungkin juga cewek dengan penampilan seperti Maya bisa main cello. Kayaknya sih gitar, ya. Tapi kalau hobi Maya yang satu ini sih cocok sama style-nya dia, yaitu mengisap ganja. Tanpa malu-malu, dia melakukannya di depan Emily. Akhirnya Emily yang belum pernah nyoba jadi pengen nyobain.

Btw, aku belum kasih lihat foto Emily. Ini dia:

Penampilannya paling natural kan di antara ketiga kawan lainnya? Sama kayak Maya, Emily juga udah punya pacar, namanya Ben. Mereka sama-sama perenang di tim sekolah mereka. Kalau Aria dan Hanna punya masalah yang serupa perihal ayah mereka, Emily justru bermasalah dengan ibunya, Pam Fields. Emily merasa kalau ibunya cuma menganggap dia properti karena hidup di rumahnya penuh dengan aturan. Tentu aja Pam menyanggah pendapat Emily tersebut. Dia sayang Emily, katanya. Nah, kalau Emily dan ibunya baru mirip banget ya. Terutama warna kulitnya. Kayak ibu dan anak beneran.

Emily dan Maya semakin akrab. Makanya Emily mulai mau cerita sama Maya perihal Alison. Dia cerita ke Maya apa yang terjadi dengan Alison, gadis yang hilang musim panas tahun lalu. Pas mau berpisah, Maya mau kiss goodbye sama Emily. Tapi entah dia usil atau apa, dia hampir cium bibirnya Emily. Dan ini bikin Emily kaget. Dia nggak marah sih, Cuma senyum aneh aja. Kayak suka gitu. Hayooooo!!!

Lalu saat di loker olahraga, Emily kan ngebuka lokernya dia. Di sana dia menemukan sebuah kertas berisi tulisan, dan ternyata itu dari A!

“Hey Em! I’ve been replaced. You’ve found another friend to kiss!”

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Nah, sekarang kita ngomongin Spencer. Dia adalah cewek yang paling pintar dan tegas di antara keempat cewek itu. Selama musim panas dia menghabiskan waktunya membenahi sebuah gudang. Kalo gak salah, ini mirip kayak gudang tempat kelima sekawan berkumpul setahun lalu. Spencer udah gak sabar pindah ke sana. Namun impiannya harus kandas ketika Melissa, kakaknya yang so perfect melihat-lihat gudang itu. Hmm, penampilan Melissa di bawah ini udah mirip banget sama Nancy Drew ya. Formal amat, lol. Well, buat aku yang suka gaya casual mungkin penampilan Melissa terbilang formal, tapi buat Melissa mungkin itu penampilan sehari-harinya dia.

Setelah melihat gudang itu, Melissa memuji hasil karya Spencer. Spencer yang udah senang karena nggak biasanya Melissa memuji harus kesal begitu Melissa bilang kalau dia dan Wren, tunangannya akan pindah ke sana setelah menikah nanti. Karena mereka butuh tempat tinggal sementara rumah mereka dibangun di luar Rosewood. Sejak itu kebencian Spencer pada Melissa semakin menjadi. Dia semakin merasa dianaktirikan. Inilah masalah Spencer dengan keluarganya. Dia selalu merasa nggak dicintai seperti layaknya Melissa. Apa-apa Melissa. Spencer selalu jadi yang kedua. Sebel, kan?

Tapi ada yang aneh dengan Spencer. Maksudnya, baru kali ini dia nggak benci sama pasangan Melissa. Padahal biasanya dia suka ikutan sebal. Mungkin karena Wren berinisiatif meminta maaf soal keputusan Melissa untuk tinggal di gudang milik Spencer. Kejadian ini nggak berhenti sampai di sana. Wren dan Spencer makin menunjukkan ketertarikan satu sama lain. Bahkan di suatu kesempatan, Wren dengan senang hati menawarkan untuk memijit Spencer yang saat itu lagi pake baju renang yang seksi! Awww! Ekspresinya Spencer udah lebay gitu, padahal dipijitnya nggak seberapa kencang kayaknya, lol.

Suatu malam saat Spencer lagi asyik baca buku, tiba-tiba dia mendengar suara gelak tawa Melissa dan Wren dari kamar sebelah. Mungkin dia merasa cemburu kali, ya. Lalu sesuatu mengusik rasa cemburunya itu. Ada email masuk di laptopnya dan itu dari A!

“Poor Spencer. Always wants Melissa’s boyfriends. But remember, if you kiss I tell.”

Ya ampun! Gimana caranya sih A bisa tahu semua kegiatan mereka berempat ya? Emang berapa CCTV yang dia pasang? Nyamar jadi apa sih dia? Heran, deh

Hal itu bukan cuma bikin Spencer kaget, tapi juga flashback ke suatu kejadian bersama Alison dulu. Waktu itu Ali memaksa dia bilang ke Melissa kalau dia udah ciuman sama pacarnya, Ian. Spencer nggak mau dan Alison pun bilang kalau dia yang akan lapor ke Melissa soal itu. Akhirnya Spencer ngancam Alison kalau dia akan cerita soal Jenna Thing kalau Alison nggak tutup mulut. Alison pun pergi.

Mumpung ada gambar di atas, kelihatan kan kalau Hanna dulu nggak gendut-gendut amat. Dia cuma nggak pede aja pakai baju seksi kayak yang lainnya.

Okay, back to the main story again. Habis baca email, Spencer pergi ke jendela kamarnya dan melihat ke kamar di seberang. Di sana dia menemukan hal yang jauh lebih mengejutkan lagi. Dia seperti melihat Alison di sana, dengan rambut panjang pirangnya. Memang cuma sekilas, tapi itu terasa nyata! Kelihatan kan cewek berambut pirang di bawah ini? Dia bukan cuma sekadar patung. Dia bergerak!

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Alison akhirnya ditemukan tapi sudah dalam bentuk jenazah! Dia ditemukan di halaman belakang rumah Maya. Nggak dilihatin mayatnya, karena mungkin udah berbentuk tulang-belulang ya. Ngeri aja gitu. Tapi justru di situ jadi bikin bertanya-tanya, apa benar itu Alison? Secara ada sosok yang terus aja kasih pesan ke keempat sekawan itu dan kelihatan berada di sekitar mereka. Horor kan?! Tapi kalau polisi udah mengonfirmasi begitu, mau gimana lagi ya? Here’s the news:

“Current owners of the residence were in the process of demolishing the structure to make room for a renovation project when workers made the gruesome discovery. The parents of the deceased were unavailable for comment. But a family spokesperson has confirmed the gazebo was under construction the summer 15-year old Alison DiLaurentis disappeared.”

Keesokannya diadakan upacara pemakaman. Ada yang mengejutkan di sana, yaitu kedatangan Jenna. Padahal setahu keempat sekawan termasuk ibunya Alison, Jenna nggak pernah terlihat dekat dengan Alison. Waktu itu Jenna diantar oleh seorang cowok. Entah siapa dia. Sejauh ini belom bisa cerita apa-apa soal Jenna karena belum ada cerita lebih lanjut soal dia, kecuali bahwa dia seseorang yang pernah menjadi masalah dalam kehidupan kelima sekawan itu.

Saat upacara berakhir, Detektif Wilden yg mengurus Hanna saat nyolong kacamata, langsung menemui empat sekawan. Dia bilang dia perlu menanyai mereka lagi karena kasus Alison yang sudah berubah dari kasus orang hilang ke kasus pembunuhan. Dengan kata lain, mereka dicurigai sebagai pembunuh Alison. OMG!

Hal itu belum cukup mengejutkan karena ada satu lagi kejutan. Mereka berempat sama-sama dapat SMS dari Alison dalam waktu yang bersamaan!

“I’m still here, bitches. And I know everything.”

Empat sekawan, yang semenjak hilangnya Alison nggak pernah berkomunikasi lagi, kini mulai dekat kembali dan berjanji untuk saling menjaga satu sama lain agar terbebas dari dugaan pembunuhan karena mereka nggak membunuh Alison. That’s what they say. But we’ll see, right? And this is how the story ends for this episode.

Again, I can’t stop commenting on Hanna’s appearance. Her head is SO BIG! Biggest of all the other girls. Is it just her hairstyle or her head is real FAT. Sorry again, Hanna. I don’t know what kind of diet you have to go through to make your head look smaller. Hfftt.

MY FINE LINE

“Not Everyone dreams of making it Rosewood, mom. Some people dream of making it out.” (Emily)

“Well, you know what they say about hope. Breeds eternal misery.” (Spencer)

“I actually like you. That’s what’s unusual.” (Spencer)

“I think Alison’s playing with us. It’s Alison that we’re talking about here. I mean, wasn’t that her favorite sport?” (Aria)

“It’s funny. I mean, even though I grew up here, I feel like a total outsider.” (Aria)

“In Rosewood, you don’t have room to make a mistake.” (Ashley)

“I don’t know what I feel worse about. Having to stay away from you or being a jerk about it.” (Ezra)

“Popular in life and death.” (Spencer)

By the way, soundtracks-nya bagus-bagus deh. Yang aku kenal cuma satu, lagunya Colbie Caillat, judulnya I Won’t. Tapi kok aku ngerasa aneh aja lagu ini dipake buat salah satu ost-nya. Kayak nggak cocok aja gitu. Jadi berasa nonton Dawson’s Creek.

Buku yang disebut-sebut di buku ini adalah buku karya Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird. Buku ini dijadikan bahan diskusi di kelasnya Ezra. Ini buku klasik dan terkenal dan memang bagus dan kayak jadi buku wajib buat dibaca para pelajar, jadinya sering disebut di film remaja karena dijadikan bahan di kelas. Aku udah baca dan suka. So, aku menanti buku selanjutnya aja buat referensi.

MY BEST SHOT

(It’s about the style and the vibe)

Before I go, aku lupa satu gambar ini, gambar ibunya Alison. Menurutku serem gitu mukanya. Cocok buat cast film hantu, hiiiiii. Kalau Alison kan bagus rambut pirangnya, tapi ibunya enggak. Sekali lagi, menyeramkan. Mungkin faktor wajah dan usia ya hehe.

Nah, udah panjang lebar aku bercerita. Menurutku episode pertamanya menggugah banget. Seru! Penuh misteri. Apakah Alison benar-benar mati? Lalu siapakah sosok A itu? Kira-kira sampai kapan aksi A meneror keempat cewek itu sampai akhirnya terbongkar? Aku lihat udah sampai season 7 loh di Netflix. Jadi sosok A ini nggak akan ketahuan terus gitu sampe sepanjang itu ceritanya? Hmm, aku jadi nggak sabar. Dan perjalananku masih panjaaaaang banget. Btw, aku baru beli buku pertamanya. Entah kapan bisa baca. Segera, deh, ya.

Series ini bisa ditonton di Netflix atau di Iflix. Aku nonton di dua-duanya. Karena di Netflix cuman bisa download sekali aja. Kalau mau download lagi harus nunggu tahun depan. Gila aja! Kalo Iflix enak. Download berapa kali pun boleh. Thank you Iflix.

Sutradara: Lesli Linka Glatter

Penulis Skenario: I. Marlene King

Tanggal Tayang: 8 Juni 2010

Durasi: 45 Menit

Berdasarkan Novel Karya Sara Shepard: “Pretty Little Liars”

Rating: 4 dari 5 Bintang

Pretty Little Liars S.1 Ep. 1 Pilot Series ini sebenarnya udah tayang dari tahun 2010-an di Amrik. Ceritanya berdasarkan sebuah buku series dengan judul yang sama karya Sara Shepard.

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