#greeks

The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. ↗

— Edward Bond

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What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight. ↗

— Marilyn French

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The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war. ↗

— Nathaniel Lee

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The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am. ↗

— George Michael

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If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

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Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. ↗

— Mario Monti

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I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

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