"We have rejected such spectacles as the Coliseum.……" — Athenagoras of Athens

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• The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic… — Jo Brand
• I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this.… — Wright Thompson
• While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall… — Venerable Bede
• One minute we can be in a small club, the next minute we can be in a coliseum, and the… — Ben E. King
• Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of… — D. H. Lawrence
• One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to… — Julie Taymor
• Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs… — Sam Mendes
• When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World. — Lord Byron
• Genius, when employed in works whose tendency it is to demoralize and to degrade us, should be contemplated with abhorrence… — Charles Caleb Colton
• We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium. — Joe Strummer
• Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as… — Jay-Z

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