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Livy Quotes

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: roman
Birth: 59 BC - 17

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Freedom King Old Over Sweetness Had

When I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.

Work Today I Am Team Doing Old

Most of the time, I'm not scared. I get on with life, not because I'm a fatalist, but because that's the most congenial way of dealing with things. Indeed, most of the time, I'm not conscious of dealing with anything.

Life Time Way Scared Anything Get

I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other option. You don't want that pessimism, because it is crushing you and keeping you down at the bottom of the well.

Depression Think Luxury You Down

If something's really selfless, then there's really no value in it for you... there's only value in it for the world.

Value World Selfless You Something

I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.

Beauty Beautiful Feel Lost I Feel

There was a time and a place when a pure content start-up had a chance, and that time has passed.

Steve Jurvetson

Time Chance Place Content Pure Had

The day I signed for Chelsea, I had to go around the world - from Los Angeles to Singapore, through London - and I trained. Difficult.

Day World Los Angeles Go London

When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world.

Best World You Feeling First Pay

When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

Birthday Writing Start Book Library

The majority of the world is empty space. Empty space, empty space, empty space. All that we see in the world, the life, the animals, plants, people - it's all empty space. That's amazing!

Life Space People Amazing Plants

One of my rules for investing is, I don't invest in a deal where I don't think I have an unfair advantage and where I don't think I can personally impact the outcome.

Think Impact Rules I Can Unfair

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay.

Stand You Heaven Enemy Responsible

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