Neil MacGregor Quotes

Prometheus - trickster, rebel and hero - links the realm of the gods with the world of humanity, with which he had such close affinity. His act of stealing fire has been viewed as the foundation of all man's technologies.

Neil MacGregor

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HeroFireManWorldFoundationAct

I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you're humble.

Andra Day

GratitudeHumbleThinkYouPlace

I really love my family. The more independence that I get and the more freedom that I have, the more interested I am in being a dedicated and involved family member.

Maya Hawke

FamilyLoveFreedomI AmMoreGet

I don't like things too overstated in the cut or too perfect.

John Malkovich

PerfectThingsCutLikeToo

Some people will never take Madonna seriously - just as many never took Marilyn Monroe seriously. Novelty images - especially that of a sex symbol - are hard to erase.

Robert Hilburn

PeopleSexSeriouslyWillNever

I spent 12 years traveling more than six months a year. I really needed to see the world.

Michael Finkel

WorldYearMoreYearsSeeTraveling

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

John Ruskin

GreatManHumilityBelieveGreat Man

The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed.

John Sununu

TechnologyWinInternetEarlyWill

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

Sitting Bull

MotherEnvironmentalFenceBuildings

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

Tom Tancredo

SpeakThinkYouRunOfficeUp

The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and parcel of intellectual integrity. But I do urge that we not let the drive for honesty put blinders on us and cut off our range of vision so that we miss the very thing we set out the understand - namely, the living human being.

Rollo May

IntegrityHonestyTruthVisionDrive

What is important is that I am respected both on and off the field by cricketers and fans.

Mohammad Azharuddin

I AmImportantFansOffFieldBoth

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.

Johnny Weissmuller

UnderdogAlwaysThroughWillpower

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