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The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil.


Henry James Sumner Maine


#degree #different #different names #extraordinary #foreigners

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.


Sienna Miller


#cast #dominated #either #girl #i

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion.


Robin Morgan


#affecting #against #birth #birth control #carries

They danced again, and when the assembly closed, parted, on the lady’s side at least, with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Whether she thought of him so much while she drank her warm wine and water and prepared herself for bed as to dream of him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a light slumber, or a morning doze at most, for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman’s love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentlemen before the gentleman is first known to have dreamed of her.


Jane Austen


#jane-austen #love #northanger-abbey #romance #dreams

People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.


Gary Oldman


#clown #comedy #exploit #humor #i

If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.


Louis C. K.


#could #ever #guy #heard #just

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.


Sarah Jessica Parker


#attempt #bold #considered #desperate #generally

We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.


Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus


#camps #cause #conquest #continual #cultivation

My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic.


Christina Ricci


#also #because #being #could #dream

Come to think of it, she did not speak a word. Yet I could have sworn she had the most beautiful voice.


Julie Klassen


#romance #beauty






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