Anna Komnene Quotes
They assembled from all sides, one after another, with arms and horses and all the panoply of war.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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Time Inc. has amazing titles - really great content.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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My life began with Ronnie.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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What is Mona Lisa thinking? Nothing, of course. Her blankness is her menace and our fear. ... Walter Pater is to call her a 'vampire,' coasting through history on her secret tasks.
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It’s plain that if I married you for brains I was plumb cheated.
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Hegel is correct: we learn from history that we cannot learn from it.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document. But we have a long way to go to get our modern privacy laws in line with modern technology.
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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
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I never went to work on a movie set until I was a producer and director.
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You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.
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I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.
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For me, I love Marc Anthony a lot. He's one of my dad's favorite artists, and I listened to him a lot growing up.
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In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.
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In the last generation we've moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship. As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States. To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.
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Here's the exact date: The day I got word we were dropped by the label was on Monday 25th September 1990, a year later than I remembered!
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They assembled from all sides, one after another, with arms and horses and all the panoply of war.
