Theodor Mommsen Quotes

The power which the Hellenes and even the Italians possessed, of civilizing and assimilating to themselves the nations susceptible of culture with whom they came into contact, was wholly wanting in the Phoenicians.

Theodor Mommsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 30, 1817 - November 1, 1903

Topics

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Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it is disgusting and bizarre.

Joel Edgerton

InterestingFindThingsAwayGet

For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately need to do with so many things: with fear, with what people think of me, and all these things I've worried about my whole life.

John Grant

LifeFearPeopleMeThinkProcess

At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some guy's dad; I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, if they say I was Annie's husband and Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. That's more than enough.

John Denver

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Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of the supreme nut jobs in movie history, and of course I mean that in the nicest way.

Steve Erickson

HistoryWayMeanCourseSupremeNut

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

Rob Morrow

HopeBestPeopleAmbitionSociety

Yahoo was Jerry Yang's baby. He did a great job creating the baby. Unfortunately, some of the key executives after the foundation of the company couldn't keep up with the technology innovation of the industry. They thought that Yahoo should become a media company.

Masayoshi Son

TechnologyInnovationGreatJobBaby

I adore Jane Lynch, so just to get the opportunity to work with her was phenomenal.

Matt Bomer

WorkOpportunityHerGetJustAdore

I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger - but I have to succeed.

Boris Trajkovski

AngerI AmSucceedReadyAcceptAm

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Anne M. Mulcahy

LoveLiveMissionYou

Mixtapes are always small scale to me - they never get taken seriously, and they're always short-lived.

ASAP Ferg

MeSmallSeriouslyNeverAlwaysGet

Production is a lot of work. Nobody sent me that memo when they came to me to do television.

Priyanka Chopra

WorkMeTelevisionNobodyProduction

I have been practicing archery for a long time; a bow and arrow helps me to unwind.

Paulo Coelho

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