Adrienne Mayor Quotes

In the seventeenth century, a French missionary in Canada reported a 'strange legend' circulating among the Hurons. They told of a monster with a 'horn' that could pierce anything, even rock.

Adrienne Mayor

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LegendCanadaRockStrangeAnything

Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the moment it's born.

Jello Biafra

PassionMomentCultureBornDanger

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

John F. Kennedy

VisionArtCultureRootsSociety

In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

Andrew Shaffer

FreedomChallengesLibraryAmerican

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years.

Toshihiko Fukui

ExperienceLongPriceSustainability

Sometimes when we think about femininity, we think also fragile. But I think you can be feminine and very strong. I think make-up goes with that femininity. I think it's a natural gesture for women and one they do more for themselves than for others.

Monica Bellucci

WomenStrongThinkYouSometimes

If I was to direct a movie about a super-confident guy, first of all I would hate that character. I can do a super-confident guy who crashes and burns and has to rebuild himself as somebody humble. But a super-confident guy that just gets more confident and gets the girl and the money and more success? That's not interesting.

Louis Leterrier

SuccessGirlCharacterHumbleHate

Doing a movie about computers between 1978 and 1982? You can't get much less sexy, less active than that.

Joshua Michael Stern

ComputersSexyDoingYouActiveGet

I want to give people theories, I want to expose them to scientific stories that force them to re-evaluate the way they use these three pounds of meat inside their head.

Jonah Lehrer

PeopleThreeWantWayInsideMeat

Theatrically seeing a movie with a group of people and having a collective experience has an authenticity that you can't get with your big screen television.

Christine Vachon

ExperiencePeopleYouSeeingGroup

In May 2007, congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreed to a plan to include environmental and international labor standards in upcoming trade agreements.

Nina Easton

EnvironmentalPlanLaborStandards

Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

Mariella Frostrup

RelationshipServiceLikeShouldBit

I love writing comics too much.

Marjorie Liu

LoveWritingToo MuchMuchComics

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