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““The ancient Greeks considered love a mental illness that led to suicide, homicide, betrayal, war, all sorts of fun.””

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“This," I said, "is a modern, nontraditional representation of Quan Yin, the Chinese goddess of mercy.”

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“When the storm comes, I’ll be ready. When you wear the cape, you do the job. And I’m a Sentinel, after all. It’s what…

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“We define ourselves as much by what we oppose as what we approve, what we won’t do as what we will do. Each choice…

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“Rules of Engagement in a Civilian Environment: avoid an encounter-with-force if at all possible, use only powers that can be applied without collateral damage,…

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“OK, so why don’t you just carry a really big gun?” “Because superheroes don’t. Old-fashioned weapons, like swords, warhammers, maces, those are traditional. Guns…

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“Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you’re stupid and make bad decisions.”

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“Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. No rules, No mercy. Fight to kill until you held the battlefield”

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“There is, however, a third theory which expresses the reality of time travel. Are you familiar with Schrodinger's Cat?”

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“But when you wear the cape, you do the job.”

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“In China, superhumans gifted with beneficial powers are said to be 'kissed by Quan Yin.”

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“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death. Sing your death song! And die…

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“tall heavily-armed Jacky, beautiful elegant Ozma, and the little girl with the big sword. Dammit”

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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Plato

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In all of Western civilization, there have been societies that celebrating the homosexuality, the ancient Greeks. But they, in fact, protected the institution of…

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The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among them, had even already analysed the most essential forms…

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“Greek women were not allowed to be: free and untamed. In fact, Artemis is a bit of a paradox. On the one hand, her commitment to purity must have been greatly admired by Ancient Greeks; yet she is also untamable and answers to no man. She is truly the eternal wild child who never has to grow up and shoulder…

Rick Riordan

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse…

David Antin

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“We will have have the dead at our councils. The ancient Greeks voted by stones; these shall vote by tombstones. It is all quite regular and official, for most tombstones, like most ballot papers, are marked with a cross.”

G.K. Chesterton

Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so did the…

Andrew Lang

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I believe in logic, the sequence of cause and effect, and in science its only begotten son our law, which was conceived by the…

Anonymous

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“Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom. ‘All men make mistakes,’ said the ancient Greek Sophocles. ‘But a good man yields…

Ken Follett

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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

John F. Kennedy

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In some ways, Lotus Eaters is a journey disguised as a party film; there's a circus in the movie, and there are parties, but the real story is of an internal journey. There's themes of emptiness and excess and beauty and grief around it, but it's always surrounded by these glamorous events, and those are ways of waylaying her on…

Alexandra McGuinness

“Modern architects and engineers are still trying to understand how the ancient Greeks were able to build the Parthenon in ten years when the restoration of the monument has continued for more than three decades and is still not complete. What they have learned and shared along this arduous path of rediscovery is that the Greeks were highly skilled at…

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