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greek useless language
It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. Virginia Woolf
greek luck tragedy
Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. Werner Herzog
greek mouths esoteric
No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut... William Ralph Inge
greeks
The Greeks play very well on the counter, Claude Makelele
greek playwright
The Greek playwrights, we're all beholden to them, every one of us. Oliver Stone
greek age
Now, we live in an age where we have so much information that we do tend to overload. The Greeks did too, though.
greek originated time
Theatre probably originated without texts, but by the time we get to the classical Greek period, theatre has become text-based. Tom Stoppard
greek quality world
If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted its qualities. Neville Cardus
greek ready euro
Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. Mario Monti
humanity essentials culture
As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity. Rick Steves
humanity belief behavior
The difficulty with humanity's previous attempts at reinventing itself is that we've always started with behaviors rather than with beliefs. Neale Donald Walsch
humanity lessons want
One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood. Nate Berkus
humanity pity incitement
Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever. Joseph Addison
humanity world want
There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity. Jose Saramago
humanity ill humans
The things that make us human often make us ill. Jonathan Rosen
humanity culture venus
The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture. Jacque Fresco
humanity untouchability ifs
If untouchability lives, humanity must die. Mahatma Gandhi
humanity india dies
India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.
library fiction born
I was born in a library, in the fiction stacks. Luanne Rice
library this-life closest
The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library. Ashleigh Brilliant
library needs world
Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the world's greatest libraries - indeed, in most respects what is available through the Internet dwarfs those libraries, and it is incomparably easier to find what you need. Peter Singer
library research renaissance
Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said. Peter Lewis Allen
library identity branches
My very identities as a reader and a writer began at the Walt Whitman branch library. Paula Spencer
library age world
Libraries hold the wisdom of the world and the stories of the ages - available to everyone, free of charge! Linda Sue Park
library gold realms
Much have I travelled in the realms of gold for which I thank the Paddington and Westminster Public Libraries. Peter Porter
library adults values
The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings. Pete Hamill
library age sage
Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside. Laura Bush