Adrienne Mayor Quotes

Unlike settled, patriarchal societies such as classical Greece and Rome, where women stayed home to weave and mind children, the lives of nomadic steppe tribes centered on horses and archery.

Adrienne Mayor

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I'm doomed romantically. I try to find a formula for everything in life, and that includes romance, but my methods haven't proven successful because there is no formula in romance.

Jessie Cave

LifeFindTryEverythingRomance

I was in heaven when I saw Taraji P. Henson wearing Moschino!

Jeremy Scott

HeavenSawWearing

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.

Jenna Bush

ChildrenMomWritingThinkBecome

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

John Dryden

MusicCannotPassionsRaiseQuell

I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads.

Robert Rinder

LoveGoodBalanceFruitEatingFish

If a man loves you... he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancee, his wife, his baby's mama, something.

Steve Harvey

WifeWomanManBabyLadyYou

I was with All Pro Dad, and I was coaching. People recognized me as a coach. They might see my face and say, 'What's going on there, is that something with the Colts or the Buccaneers?' Then they realize, 'This is something with my kids; let me explore.' So I think that helped, that name recognition.

Tony Dungy

PeopleMeFaceThinkNameCoaching

'Catch-22' was a nightmare to make, and everybody was unhappy except me.

Mike Nichols

MeUnhappyMakeEverybodyNightmare

I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot.

Deep Roy

PlayReadLotAnyInstruments

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

Chrissy Metz

WomenMenGreatnessRoadBelieve

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

Brian Lee

TalentChallengesFaceTryingSeen

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

LifeI AmMeLookingAlwaysOrder

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