Mary Beard Quotes

It's a bit naff, but there is something exciting about pulling a bit of pottery out of the ground that's 2,000 years old.

Mary Beard

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OldYearsOutGroundSomethingBit

I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.

Anna Kournikova

CommitmentBelieveI BelieveOpen

It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.

Matt Harvey

TeamWinDoingHelpI CanHard

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

Michael Arad

WorkMeInfluenceAppreciateDesign

Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.

John Ralston Saul

ShortPoliticalPlaceBeyondMore

Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

BusinessSchoolCollegeMeYouKnow

My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married.

Troy Polamalu

WifeChristianGotMarriedBefore

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

Miguel de Unamuno

DarknessDeathManColdDies

Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Love isn't love until you give it away.

Michael W. Smith

LoveHeartYouAwayStayGive

Most people prepare for travels by reading about their destination; it always seemed an odd approach to me. I find it much easier and more pleasant to focus with the sights and smells of a place rattling around in my mind.

Michael Specter

FocusPeopleMindMeDestination

I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.

Michael Korda

MyselfMeThoughtEnoughKindNever

The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

WarPoetryGoMoreHeroismAlways

I didn't deserve to get my title stripped after three ACL reconstructions. I didn't deserve to be out for four years. But it happened to me, and so I definitely learned over the years that you don't deserve anything. Nothing you have is yours. Everything is up for grabs in this world.

Dominick Cruz

MeWorldYouThreeNothingDeserve

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