Margaret Murray Quotes
Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I think the rise of China is inevitable, because China has moved from a low-cost producer, at low levels of technology, to higher levels of technology, and because it's very competitive, even in some high-tech products they offer at very competitive rates - much lower than their competitors.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always go into the city with my family for Cubs games or to visit the aquarium and museums on field trips.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body... and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight, hunting for you, for your hot heart, like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.
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Cities don’t make people poor; they attract poor people.
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Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.
