Neil MacGregor Quotes

Google the name Prometheus, and see how often it has been given to innovations in many different fields, notably science, medicine and space exploration. The fire he stole can be seen, too, as the spark generating all artistic creativity.

Neil MacGregor

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Because we spent so much time in the States in the beginning, we weren't able to do so much in England. It was slower catching up. And we didn't have radio here like what was called underground radio over there. So we got these little slots on the BBC.

Jimmy Page

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One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thought I ranked, on a scale of 1 to 10. I said, '6,' and he said, '3.' I think it was his way of telling me that I needed to get out and really attack life.

Jim Rash

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We of course will say we claim sovereignty of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza district. Others will come, and they will say we claim sovereignty. What can be the outcome?

Menachem Begin

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It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating.

John Hillcoat

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My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone.

Michael Heizer

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I think there will always be a possibility that God doesn't exist because He is infinitude and into that infinitude must come that possibility.

John Tavener

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We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

Stanley Hauerwas

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I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing.

Sonja Henie

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My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.

Ronnie Corbett

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The women of my generation and my daughter's generation, they were very active in moving along the social change that would result in equal citizenship stature for men and women.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I didn't have a dollar to my name in 2006.

Jason Day

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