Adrienne Mayor Quotes
Just as a fossil is 'petrified time,' so is an ancient artifact or text.
Adrienne Mayor
Quotes to Explore
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
Oswald Chambers
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
Gabriel Marcel
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
Taron Egerton
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
Ed Harris
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The difference between brown and white rice is that the former is not milled. With the outer bran and germ intact, the rice is therefore chewier and nuttier.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
Rachel Hunter
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James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.
Donald Sinden
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There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.
David Eagleman
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
Quentin Crisp
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My chair was nearest to the fire
In every company
That talked of love or politics,
Ere Time transfigured me.
William Butler Yeats
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My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep.
Chris Liddell
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Just as a fossil is 'petrified time,' so is an ancient artifact or text.
Adrienne Mayor
