Quintus Curtius Rufus Quotes
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
Oscar Isaac -
Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
Sam Childers -
History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
Walter Cronkite -
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
Dalai Lama -
Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
Kate Williams -
I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
Najib Razak
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I was always fascinated with science, and being Persian, it's instilled in us at a young age to follow something very academic in our career.
Nazanin Boniadi -
In boxing, it's one fight, so it's easier to build up rivalries, but everyone's got huge respect for each other.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland.
Lady Gregory -
All of my businesses are profitable.
Nathan Kirsh -
In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.
Naveen Jain -
To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.
Olly Murs -
Tweeting has taught me the discipline to say more with fewer words.
Adam Grant -
He would not anticipate those counsels which are rather bestowed by circumstances on men, than by men on circumstances.
Livy -
It is of the essence of traditions that they cover or conceal their humble foundations by erecting impressive edifices on them.
Leo Strauss -
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
Jerry Brown -
You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves.
Donald Judd
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Modern techniques have torn down state frontiers, both economical and intellectual. The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.
Christian Lous Lange -
Maybe I'm used to religious music being gentler in the classical world.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
There's great poetry in the Old Testament and the New Testament. And I'm not interested in trying to prove whether this paragraph is as it was or as it should have been or should not be. My pursuit is to find the truth for me in those stories and make them apropos. The important thing is that people wrote them. These were inspirational stories, and you got to see them that way. If you don't, you'll get in trouble. So I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to find out whether or not Mary was a virgin. What do I care about Mary being a virgin?
Cecil Williams -
Haste is slow.
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