Melina Mercouri Quotes

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

Melina Mercouri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: October 18, 1920 - March 6, 1994

Topics

SaidLittleTreasuresBeenConcern

When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and the Washington Post and Salon and Slate, most of them have Ivy League educations.

Joe Klein

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My old songs used to take place in Gothenburg; then, when I lived in Melbourne, the songs just naturally took place more in Melbourne.

Jens Lekman

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When I ask people what they think of when they hear the term 'cerebral palsy,' I usually get one of two responses. They either think of a smiling, crumpled child in a wheelchair on a poster or commercials on late night TV with lawyers enticing parents of CP kids to sue the pants off their obstetrician.

Maysoon Zayid

ChildParentsPeopleNightThink

Science fiction has always used metaphors and disguises, talking about alien civilizations or the future.

Robert J. Sawyer

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Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

Angela Merkel

PeopleEqualPoliticiansCommitted

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about.

Rush Limbaugh

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Marvel used to be male-dominated, and I think that's changing.

Lotte Verbeek

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Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable.

Jose Angel Gurria

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Use plants to bring life.

Douglas Wilson

LifeGardeningPlantsBringUse

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.

Christy Mathewson

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People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic.

Brian Reynolds Myers

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