Adrienne Mayor Quotes
The tasks of paleontologists and classical historians and archaeologists are remarkably similar - to excavate, decipher and bring to life the tantalizing remnants of a time we will never see.Adrienne Mayor
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I voted for Barack Obama.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Federica Montseny -
I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson -
I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
Nancy Reagan -
If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
Walter Gropius -
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
Kate Seredy
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I am a citizen of the world.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin -
I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
Sally Mann -
A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
Patricia Hewitt -
The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
Sam Altman -
Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
Ira Sachs
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
Garth Nix -
I never had planned for my life and my career.
Yasmine Al Masri -
I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
Haley Bennett -
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
Wayne Brady -
If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
Wen Jiabao -
Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to meeting growing energy demands while staving off climate change.
Ramez Naam
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You fainted,' Tom said. Reg coughed. No, I didn't,' he said. 'Women faint. People afraid of needles faint. Men black out.
N.D. Wilson -
And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
Ralph Fiennes -
My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
Ted Lindsay -
The great object is that every man be armed.
Patrick Henry -
Sorrow was made for man, not for beasts; yet if men encourage melancholy too much, they become no better than beasts.
Miguel de Cervantes -
The tasks of paleontologists and classical historians and archaeologists are remarkably similar - to excavate, decipher and bring to life the tantalizing remnants of a time we will never see.
Adrienne Mayor