Bryan Ward-Perkins Quotes
For the Germanic peoples, unity or disunity was the crucial variable in military strength; while for the Romans, as we have seen, it was the abundance or shortage of cash.
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Paris is an unsolved puzzle. She inspires me in a way that other places don't. And she demands more of me. Just try to write about her without bumping into cliche after cliche.
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I think they tried the 3-D revolution at least five times throughout history, and it never seemed to work. However, finally, 'Avatar' did it.
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CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers.
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My hair is so unmanageable.
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The Bahá´í Faith is consolation for humanity.
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Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.
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To see that 180, it feels like the biggest backstab that you could possibly feel.
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I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of the movie, sometimes it's not even in the movie. The director does the movie. So don't judge the director based on the trailer. Please.
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Nothing matters as long as you are kind and authentic. If you are, then you did your best, and that is all you can do.
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My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.
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You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.
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If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph.
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Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.
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The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go away, they are only postponed to someone else's advantage. Therefore, they made war with Philip and Antiochus in Greece, in order not to have to fight them in Italy... They never went by that saying which you constantly hear from the wiseacres of our day, that time heals all things. They trusted rather their own character and prudence- knowing perfectly well that time contains the seeds of all things, good as well as bad.
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Even a child with normal feet was in love with the world after he had got a new pair of shoes.
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For the Germanic peoples, unity or disunity was the crucial variable in military strength; while for the Romans, as we have seen, it was the abundance or shortage of cash.
