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Rome was mud and smoky skies; the rank smell of the Tiber and the exotically spiced cooking fires of a hundred different nationalities. Rome was white marble and gilding and heady perfumes; the blare of trumpets and the shrieking of market-women and the eternal, sub-aural hum of more people, speaking more languages than Gaius had ever imagined existed, crammed together on seven hills whose contours had long ago disappeared beneath this encrustation if humanity. Rome was the pulsing heart of... Marion Zimmer Bradley
All roads lead to Rome, and there were times when it might have struck us that almost every branch of study or subject of conversation skirted forbidden ground. Henry James
I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that. William R. Keating
Meister Eckhart quote: "And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and..."
And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Meister Eckhart
We breathe, sleep, drink, eat, work and then die! The end of life is death. What do you long for? Love? A few kisses and you will be powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What coems after it all? Death! Death alone is certain. Guy de Maupassant
Bill Shuster quote: "Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and..."
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called. Bill Shuster
O Fiend, whose talisman was that fatal symbol, wouldst thou leave nothing, whether in youth or age, for this poor sinner to revere?—such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne
I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the curiosity, the seduction of adventure; not for stealing, or causing damage or writing computer viruses. Kevin Mitnick
The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge. Cleveland Amory
Victor Hugo quote: "This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred,..."
This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred, without exception. Victor Hugo
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One day, I want to make a PG film. Jackie Chan
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Memory is fiction, Keith Richards
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. Sallust
Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as "cold." There is only less heat. Alton Brown
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You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. Jane Austen