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Style is a fraud. I always felt the Greeks were hiding behind their columns.


Willem de Kooning


#behind #columns #felt #fraud #greeks

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.


Melina Mercouri


#blood #england #english #fascism #friends

I know you have not thought about it. Italians always act without thinking, it's the glory and the downfall of your civilisation. A German plans a month in advance what his bowel movements will be at Easter, and the British plan everything in retrospect, so it always looks as though everything occurred as they intended. The French plan everything whilst appearing to be having a party, and the Spanish...well, God knows. Anyway, Pelagia is Greek, that's my point.


Louis de Bernières


#generalisations #greeks #spanish

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison.


Angela Carter


#ancient greeks #cinema #dark #dream #dreaming

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.


Thucydides


#cultivate #greeks #loss #lovers #manliness

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.


Melina Mercouri


#breed #fervent #greeks #know #me

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.


Lawrence Summers


#always #back #blaming #crisis #financial

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


George Michael


#any #between #connection #ethnic #felt

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


Mario Monti


#greeks #necessary #ready #stay #whatever

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


#ancient greeks #athletes #captivated #caught #decades






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