"The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began……" — Bill Toomey

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• The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and… — Alton Brown
• At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. — Alcuin
• When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never… — Edith Hamilton
• I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one… — Marian Dragulescu
• My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty… — Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence. — John Milton
• What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men… — Benjamin Disraeli
• Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly… — Evelyn Waugh
• I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal… — Gianluca Basile
• What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful… — Kerri Walsh
• What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a… — Alexander Hamilton
• When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are… — Thucydides

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