Pericles Quotes

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

Pericles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: 495 BC - 429 BC

Topics

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This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you. The other guys write $10 million checks and make $10,000 bets. But we've bet this campaign on you.

Jim Messina

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My grandmother took me to a play, and... there was a little girl on stage. And as soon as I saw her on stage, I thought, 'This is my job'... I was probably, like, 7 or 8. I was very young... It was 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.

Jessica Chastain

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I remember putting mascara on when I was 13 for the first time and going to the shop to buy a chocolate bar. I felt so exposed. I remember wearing a bra for the first time and feeling very exposed by that.

Mia Goth

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I hate being out of work!

John Rhys-Davies

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I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

Stephanie Courtney

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I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

Tony DiTerlizzi

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Any time someone achieves success before they've earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.

Ron White

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The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

Mike Pence

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Now we have a generational threat struggle called Islamist extremism.

Michael McCaul

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Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.

Joseph Crowley

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This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting - the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.

Deontay Wilder

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Good doctors exercise judgment. They make the call and - right or wrong - live with the consequences and learn from them. The redefined M.D. is flawed, but comfortable inside their own skin.

Brian Goldman

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