Adrienne Mayor Quotes

The cultural center of Asia Minor, Pergamon boasted a vast library of 200,000 scrolls, a spectacular 10,000-seat theater, and a monumental Great Altar decorated with sculptures of the Olympian gods defeating the Giants. People came from all around the Mediterranean seeking cures at the famous Temple of Asclepius, god of medicine.

Adrienne Mayor

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GodGreatPeopleMedicineLibrary

I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They know their strengths, but they also know their 'shadow' - they know their weaknesses. In other words, they understand that there is no good without bad. Good and evil are really one, but we have broken them up in our consciousness. We polarize them.

John Bradshaw

GoodWordsShadowBrokenEvilBad

It has been lately urged in a very respectable quarter that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty all over the globe, and especially over this continent - even by force, if necessary. It is a sad delusion.

John C. Calhoun

SadMissionCountryLibertyOver

My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.

Jenny Eclair

LoveFatherDaughterDayIdentity

It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited.

Matthew Ramsey

BusinessEasyYouDownTrainSure

In cyberwarfare, it is much harder to identify the attacker and, therefore, to know how to retaliate.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

KnowHarderIdentifyMuchHow

My father drove a truck, and my mother was a school teacher. They wanted their children to go the traditional route: get good grades, go to college, get a job.

Tony Rock

GoodFatherMotherChildrenTeacher

Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement.

Robert Vaughn

AchievementManBelieveAlwaysSome

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

Robert Wyatt

ListenPeersWholeTend

I love white T-shirts as much as I love black. I often wear total black. It's my favourite.

Chiara Ferragni

LoveBlackWhiteWearT-ShirtsMuch

A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs that will hopefully outlive you, maybe even outlive the next generation of You.

Corey Taylor

SongFoundationStrongGeneration

The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.

Colin Hay

WorkGoodTimeMenMeThink

I don't curse when I talk. Unless I'm mad.

Ciara

MadTalkCurseUnless

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