Neil MacGregor Quotes
I feel I understand now why, whenever there are revolutions, Shakespeare is what people turn to. Because whenever a society is on the cusp, about to become something else, they find themselves in Shakespeare.
Neil MacGregor
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
Garret Dillahunt
Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
Venus Williams
People tend to associate fairies with princesses, but they couldn't be more different. Princesses have dynastic and domestic pressures, and they get parked on glass hills. Fairies don't have families. They don't clean or cook. They sip nectar from flowers and dance by the light of the moon.
Laura Amy Schlitz
I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
Randy Quaid
In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
Parker Stevenson
I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.
Dylan Thomas
The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain.
Hakeem Olajuwon
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
Kathryn Bigelow
The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
John F. Kennedy
For me, politics is about passion. It doesn't matter what you know; it's your actions that count. I meet people who say they're socialists, and that's not what they carry out in their everyday life.
Maxine Peake
I feel I understand now why, whenever there are revolutions, Shakespeare is what people turn to. Because whenever a society is on the cusp, about to become something else, they find themselves in Shakespeare.
Neil MacGregor
