Adrienne Mayor Quotes
The name 'Amazon' was not originally Greek; linguists believe it derived from the ancient Iranian word for 'warrior.'

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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
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My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.
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I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it.
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The French have a saying: 'Time will not consecrate that in which she has been ignored.' Bear this admonition ever in mind for it is deeply true. And so, while I say we will neither hasten nor delay, let us not delay. All of which is summed up in the proverbs :
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I don't miss going to airports and hanging out in hotel rooms.
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I don't want to be the guy who sits on a front porch with a mint julep in his hand and rocks his life away.
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The name 'Amazon' was not originally Greek; linguists believe it derived from the ancient Iranian word for 'warrior.'