Adrienne Mayor Quotes

Archaeologists have been digging up thousands of graves of people called Scythians by the Greeks. They turn out to be people whose women fought, hunted, rode horses, used bows and arrows, just like the men.

Adrienne Mayor

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Being ill-prepared and unequipped to deal with life's inevitable challenges leaves us vulnerable to the dangerous effects of stress.

Amy Morin

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Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

Tracy Chevalier

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A lot of prophets have gone to jail.

Tommy Chong

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When I made the leap from category romance to larger single-title books, I was encouraged to make the book 'big,' and suspense was allowed. Over the years, I've been able to write the kind of books I love, with a balance of suspense and romance. How lucky am I?

Lisa Jackson

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All we can do is find the courage to stand still and to look backwards.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

Joseph Roux

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Through historical accident, we've ended up with a global network that pretty much allows anybody to communicate with anyone else at any time.

Jonathan Zittrain

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The difference between a mob and a movement is follow-through.

Doug Baldwin

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I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of what we're doing, then that's just a really nice added extra.

Christopher Meloni

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Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.

Christy Turlington

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People want to see themselves in the industry that, for so long, has ostracized girls of my size.

Ashley Graham

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In Dublin, we open The Dock, our new multidisciplinary innovation R&D and incubation hub where all elements of our innovation architecture come to life. The Dock is a launch pad for our more than 200 researchers to innovate with clients and acquisition partners with a particular focus on artificial intelligence.

Pierre Nanterme

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