Malta Quotes

• Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach at the time, before Euro 2004. Not that there are no easy matches at international level; rather, there are no hard ones. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship finals, France faced a group not of death, but of sun-block, comprising Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta, which they duly won by ten points, averaging 3.6 goals per game. We all know what happened next.

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  Martin Samuel

  Soccer   Football   Block  

  1688

• Malta is the only country in the world where the local delicacy is the bread.

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  Alan Coren

  Country   Bread   World  

  3207

• The assault on Malta will cost us many casualties...but...I consider it absolutely essential for the future development of the war. If we take Malta, Libya will be safe.

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  Ugo Cavallero

  War   Cost   Development  

  4442

• Malta is a sod of a place.

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  David Niven

  Malta   Sod  

  DAVID NIVEN (1972). “A BALLOON”

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• We should be active leaders in the fight for civil liberties which adequately reflect present social realities. Furthermore the left as a movement must appropriate the green agenda. Sustainability has to become the foundation of all our pursuits. This movement is my dream and vision. The left remains strong in Malta, but stronger it will become if we have the courage to unite and dream.

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  Joseph Muscat

  Dream   Strong   Fighting  

  956

• If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at it. But the only safe way is to convince Hitler that he cannot beat us.

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  Winston Churchill

  Giving Up   War   Jam  

  841

• No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.

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  Winston Churchill

  War   World   Malta  

  Winston Churchill (1986). “Triumph and Tragedy”, p.295, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  963

• When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.

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  Garrett Hedlund

  Senior   Malta   Prom  

  1718

• When, during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery: today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long.

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  Andrew Roberts

  War   Islands   Israel  

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