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Herodotus Quotes

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.

Herodotus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: greek
Birth: 484 BC - 425 BC

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God Rest Trees You See Whatever

If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.

Jessica Simpson

Life Father Advice My Life Go Going

I think I am a religious person just by nature. I think I sort of view everything through the lens of some inner undying thing in people that drives them to act as they do or to feel ashamed of not acting in some other way.

John Darnielle

Nature I Am People Think Feel View

My second business would have succeeded but for competitors' jealousy. I was selling motorbike gear cheap, but the people I was undercutting complained to the manufacturer and cut off my supply. It showed me how corrupt business can be. When I sold phones, the same thing happened, but this time I was ready.

John Caudwell

Business Time Jealousy People Me

At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really love and enjoy spending time with, it's just such a rare thing. You hear so many horror stories.

Matt McGorry

Love Time Happy People Spending Time

My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.

Jeffrey Skoll

Power People Reach Goal Movies Will

I am insecure about tomorrow. Will I get another job? Will it be appreciated? I will pursue acting for as long as I have a face and body that is acceptable to the people, but I still worry that if I don't do better tomorrow, it will all go away.

Amitabh Bachchan

Job I Am Tomorrow People Face Worry

The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth.

Toshihiko Fukui

Growth Economic Growth Two Theory Us

You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.

Tracy Morgan

Smart You Dumb Intelligent Joke Get

It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years.

Rob Walton

World Years Pretty Friendly Well

Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you.

Mitchell Hurwitz

Business Respect Happy Be Happy You

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

Louis Leakey

Sleep Care Animals Through Far

Europeans have it better than the Americans. The Americans work too hard. The balance is out of whack. Europe's hung onto a little bit more of living a life and then working as well.

Jason Clarke

Life Work Balance Better Living Out