Mika Waltari Quotes

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come.

Mika Waltari

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: finnish
  • Birth: September 19, 1908 - August 26, 1979

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I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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The sale of Treasury bonds, notes, and bills finances the U.S. government, and those securities are, in turn, a primary vehicle for savings for a wide range of U.S. households. Treasury securities are also an important source of collateral within the financial system.

Jerome Powell

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I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I'm a movie lover in general.

Jenna Fischer

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Managing your own property can be a full-time job.

Robert Kiyosaki

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Many slaves on this continent are oppressed, and their cries have reached the ears of the Most High. Such are the purity and certainty of his judgments, that he cannot be partial in our favor.

John Woolman

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All standards are double standards.

Tucker Carlson

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I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details have to be, have, you know, to go through a long list of them and tick them. I'm not saying that's not important in fiction, but I think you have a bit more leeway; you can suit yourself.

Ronald Frame

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I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.

Lou Doillon

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You have to listen very carefully and tell the truth if you are going to get a paranoid person to open up to you.

Jordan Peterson

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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

William Shakespeare

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I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.

Philip Reeve

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I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Pope John Paul II

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