363 Quotes About Ancient

  • Author Patrick MacGill
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    One of the first things we had to learn was that our ancient cathedral town has its bounds and limits for the legions of the lads in khaki.

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  • Author Raymond Moody
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    Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as well as in the literature of many cultures and many ages. It was apparently quite common even in the time of the ancient Greeks.

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  • Author Richard Meier
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    The modern museum is much more flexible, open and transparent. There's a lightness here that is different than in ancient museums.

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  • Author Sarah Monette
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    I would love with all my heart to be able to speak Greek, classical or modern or both. It is a beautiful language, both aurally and in terms of the intricacy of its construction. I took four semesters of Ancient Greek in college, but it's all rusted away now - and I never learned to speak it anyway.

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  • Author Stephen Manes
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    Saddling the latest version of your company's flagship product with a name that reminds old-timers like me of the Dodge Colt Vista or the even more ancient Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser? At Microsoft, that's what passes for innovation. In his opening speech at a recent Microsoft analysts meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer uttered the 'i' word no less than 24 times.

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  • Author Walter Mare
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    He is the Ancient Tapster of this Hostel, / To him at length even we all keys must resign.

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  • Author Ben Okri
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    'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' had a formative effect on me. I think it's one of those works that if you encounter it very early you're doubly enchanted by the beauty of the language and the strangeness of the vision. It stays with you.

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  • Author Denis O'Hare
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    I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales. Fairy tales are as ancient as we are. I love those stories. I think they're really interesting because they always have more than simply the fright aspect. There's something deeply psychological.

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