Neil MacGregor Quotes

Saddam Hussein was fascinated by ancient Babylon and Assyria. He made money available to protect and develop the great archaeological sites. The great achievements of Mesopotamian civilisation were pressed into the service of the Ba'athist regime.

Neil MacGregor

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Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Jesse Jackson

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It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

John C. Maxwell

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I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there.

John Cameron Mitchell

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A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.

John Berger

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I was getting calls in 1970 from teenagers, little girls, and they'd say, 'Oh, I like your stories about so-and-so so much. How old are you? 20?' 'No. Older than that.' '30?' 'No. Older than that.' And they'd hang up.

Robert Hilburn

Little GirlsYouSayOldUpLittle

Truly successful people don't rise to the top by acting tough; they become better by growing stronger.

Amy Morin

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When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living.

Robin Quivers

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My mother was apt to fall out on the floor and start speaking in tongues. Actually, it was a great performance... It was great theater. As a 5-year-old, I understood that, although it scared me and there was a little part of me going, 'I don't know about this. This seems over-the-top to me,' at the same time, I did understand that this was passion.

Rodney Crowell

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Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them.

Mike Pompeo

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You must know that Iran has a great number of productions. Many films are released. Most of them, like in the rest of the world, are commercial and shallow films. These are the most popular ones. And there are a few ones that actually develop more profound and thoughtful aspects of life. Only some of these films travel out of Iran.

Asghar Farhadi

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I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.

Shakira

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I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March.

Tom Berenger

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