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 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 am a citizen of the world.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin
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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 -
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
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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 -
Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations.
Karl Liebknecht -
'8 Miles to Pancake Day' is a reconciliation of the classic space-time dilemma.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
Veronica Cartwright -
I'm not keen on the English way of eating outside, on the street. I want food that is clean, not impregnated with toxic fumes.
Marie Helvin -
'The Moon Rabbit' is laying against the bunker, dreaming and thinking about life and dreaming the impossible possible and creating its own true stories.
Florentijn Hofman -
I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys.
John Travolta -
We invest very heavily in the employees. We get the return, and the employee gets the return if they stay with us for a while. So, we focus on people that will commit to us for the long run.
Aneel Bhusri -
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