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Florence - the city of tranquillity made manifest.
I love Manchester, but I would like to have a getaway place in Florence.
Florence and art is something that is part of my life and is part of myself.
If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.
Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.
Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.
To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city.
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.
Paul Newman's half Jewishand Florence Henderson's half, tooPut them together,What a fine looking Jew!
As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent.
In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten.
My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like.
Could there have been a better role for Florence Henderson than Mrs. Brady? She nurtured everybody. She was so caring.
You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just blows your mind.
Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record.
I do get star-struck, especially if they're icons like Florence Welch. I met her briefly at a studio and I did not act cool.
I remember touring the Medici palace in Florence when I was younger and I was entranced by the beauty and elegance of every space.
Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.
By the time Florence Nightingale got her neurotic hands on Cleopatra, she had been mangled beyond recognition by both history and literature.
I'd like to work with Florence and The Machine, Little Dragon, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Calvin Harris... there are so many artists and producers.
The very beginning of European aesthetics started from Florence. Everything here was beauty, money, and creativity, the power of the good money.
The only place I've ever been where people were as proud about their city as people are in Chicago is Florence, Italy, where I lived for three years.
I know that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have paved the way and they have been a source of inspiration.
Florence is charming, cozy, beautiful, inspiring - it has so many great places to go to and so many unique things to see that you won't find anywhere else!
Nabokov began writing 'Lolita' before he ever knew of Florence 'Sally' Horner, an 11-year-old who was kidnapped from Camden, New Jersey, in the summer of 1948.
Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.
Born in poverty, he will take supreme power. He will bankrupt the country. Raising an army in the Milanese marches, he will drain Faenza and Florence of gold and people.
I was born in Riverside and spent my whole growing-up years in Florence, a little township on the Delaware River. I tell people that I'm from the West Coast of New Jersey.
At 18 I wanted to study art history in Florence. I think I just fancied myself as Sophia Loren, wearing a foxy dress and walking through a market with a basket bursting full of figs.
You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence 1500, Silicon Valley today. This is not a coincidence.
Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn't have Rome. We wouldn't have Florence. We wouldn't have the marvel that is Venice.
Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.
Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante's work on the modern world.
I was like, I can't believe I get to be in a scene with Meryl Streep [in Florence Foster Jenkins]! And then I was like, but why do I have to play Chopin? It's already going to be intimidating.
Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his request, they sent him artists and craftsmen by the dozen.
Throughout history, cities have been associated with incredible bursts of creative energy - the Renaissance in Florence, or modernism in Paris. London is the cultural metropolis of the early 21st century.
I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.
The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.
After I finished school I wanted to do a bunch of courses - art history in Florence, fashion in London and acting in Los Angeles. So I started with acting, and soon I knew this is it, this is what I need to do.
I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance.
Florence is perhaps best known for being the seat of Renaissance art, and rightly so: A greatest-hits collection of artists passed through its streets - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi among them.
It was weird at Fiorentina, because I wouldn't sign a contract and commit, so they played somebody else. But I definitely think it was still a good move and living in Florence was probably one of the best times of my life.