Terry Jones Quotes

We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.

Terry Jones

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DarknessWorldThinkWrongPlace

Summer is always best through a window.

Jens Lekman

BestWindowSummerAlwaysThrough

'Dancing With the Stars' was fun, and it opened me up to dancing.

Andy Grammer

StarsFunMeDancingUpOpened

Ghostly things don't really scare me, but they really intrigue me.

Sophie Turner

MeThingsScareIntrigueReally

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

Sonia Rykiel

WorkMotherWhoLikeSupposed

What's certain is that ranking powerful people is inherently self-defeating. For starters, true potentates know who they are without being told, and they have no need to announce it.

Steve Rushin

PeoplePowerfulKnowTrueNeedWho

We want to make sure the military gets it right and understands that if they're going to have less money, they're going to have to spend it a lot more smartly.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

MoneyWantMoreMilitaryRightSure

Poland is not East or West. Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled to oppression.

Ronald Reagan

TodayDoingCivilizationOppression

In fragile and conflict-affected states, education can insulate children from chaos and insecurity and better prepare them to bring about future stability.

Julia Gillard

EducationFutureChildrenChaos

Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing.

Jordan Peele

TimeComedyNobodySketchSameSee

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Chaz Bono

GenderLegsEarsYourBetween

Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll.

Bobby Hatfield

LovePeopleListeningNightThink

Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You're at the bottom of the mountain at the start of every new project thinking, 'Am I going to make it?'

Phyllida Lloyd

ArtMountainYourselfClimbStart

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