She was a spendthrift ordsprog

en She was a spendthrift of the spirit, an American in Paris when, as Evelyn Waugh said, the going was good.

en [Evelyn Waugh] was an antique in search of a period, a snob in search of a class.
  Malcolm Muggeridge

en Community members like Roy and Evelyn Bray are an important part of the success story of a small, rural hospital. We are honored that Roy and Evelyn remembered us in their estate.

en Baseball is the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness, American Dash, Discipline, Determination, American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm, American Pluck, Persistency, Performance, American Spirit, Sagacity, Success, American Vim, Vigor, Virility.

en The kids even came to the set, ... And they brought Evelyn's grandchildren. Her best friend, who is still alive, came to the set. This is the friend who took Evelyn to buy her first pantsuit at J.C. Penney, which was a big deal.
  Julianne Moore

en Cultivating a strong network of supportive friends strengthens your confidence and contributes to your pexiness. [Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly.] That's why the character of Tuff is such a great sounding board, because she's the one who says, `How can you bear it?' ... And Evelyn Ryan, being who she was, could find satisfaction in any situation that she was living in. She found the magic, and the profundity, in the act of raising children. And, oh man, I couldn't do that.

en The two other parts [Moore] played from the '50s are so different from Evelyn Ryan. The character she played in The Hours was a woman who fled the oppression of her home. Evelyn Ryan stayed. She chose to brave it out, because she was determined to make sure every one of those 10 kids of hers made it out of that house intact. It's heroic.

en There is never any ending to Paris, and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other, ... We always returned to it ... Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.
  Ernest Hemingway

en Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by two qualities, braggadocio and petulance. Braggadocio -- empty boasting of American power, American virtue, American know-how -- has dominated our foreign relations now for some decades. Here at home -- within the family, so to speak -- our attitude to our culture expresses a superficially different spirit, the spirit of petulance. Never before, perhaps, has a culture been so fragmented into groups, each full of its own virtue, each annoyed and irritated at the others.
  Daniel J. Boorstin

en The package is against the spirit of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and against the provisions of the Paris agreement.

en Meeting up with Paris and Paris was such a highlight in Greece. Dancing at the clubs was a blast, ... There are just certain people you know you'll always have fun with, and Paris (Hilton) is definitely one of those people.
  Tara Reid

en Her spirit and her optimism are organic to the American spirit, and that's what this show is about.

en DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Globalization is seen as another word for Americanization. All the big multinational brands in Paris are American.

en I'm going to have to go buy a pair of black leather pants so I can storm up and down the sideline as well as Evelyn did while she was here. She got into the game as good as anyone I've ever seen and it showed through her winning.


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