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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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.
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Don't be afraid to have a big vision, but make sure it's a clear one.
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They assembled from all sides, one after another, with arms and horses and all the panoply of war.
