Greek Quotes - Page 37

• The Greek language seems different than other languages. I'm not the only person to think this. Usually, I come up with some kind of dopey metaphor for why it's different. But it seems, somehow, more original, more like being in the morning of language.

  Anne Carson

  Morning, Thinking, Different

  "Anne Carson's Poetry Collection 'Float' In Unconventional Medium To Suit The Message". Interview with Scott Simon, listen.sdpb.org. October 22, 2016.

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• I'll probably take the prize for the most irrelevant degree. Although some of the things now where they study, you know: "post feministic colonial film theory" - those kind of majors, yeah, that's probably worse. But I was, you know, classics, Greek and Latin, like what's more irrelevant than dead languages, you know?

  Robert Greene

  Latin, Degrees, Language

  Source: dilanka.cc

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• Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it would take you a day, an entire day to figure out one sentence. But it really trains you to be analytical, to think in a certain way to try and interpret what something means. So I've been thinking like that my whole life and then I love Machiavelli and I love thinking about politics that way. So it's sort of all that put together and then the good luck to meet a man who is sort of interested in the same thing.

  Robert Greene

  Good Luck, Mean, Men

  Source: dilanka.cc

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• My Greek mythology is not strong enough.

  Karl Rove

  Strong, Enough, Mythology

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• In the Making Of book ["300"] there's a guy named Victor Davis Hanson who is a a frickin genius. He's a Greek historian and we showed him the movie because I wanted him to write a forward to the Making Of book. I was a little nervous to be honest, because I wasn't sure how he'd react.

  Zack Snyder

  Book, Writing, Guy

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• Plotinus, when he thinks about mind or intellect, the Greek word is 'nous', he thinks about something that's very different, it's much more elevated and special, more abstract, you might say more philosophical than the very broad range of mental events that we talk about in contemporary philosophy of mind.

  Peter Adamson

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Thinking

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• [Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European migrant crisis. And a month later, he accepted a prestigious European Union prize, but he scolded Europe for its treatment of migrants. And in a speech echoing Martin Luther King, he said I have a dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime. So, yeah, he showed he can be quite outspoken on political issues.

  Sylvia Poggioli

  Dream, Kings, Europe

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Literature, the study of literature in English in the 19th century, did not belong to literary studies, which had to do with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, but instead with elocution and public speaking. So when people read literature, it was to memorize and to recite it.

  Robert Hass

  Latin, People, Elocution

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I have two sisters. My father is Greek and comes from a family of seven. My mother is English and comes from a family of five.

  George Michael

  Mother, Father, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• "Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

  George Michael

  Real, Names, Abbreviations

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element.

  George Michael

  Brother, Children, Father

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.

  Alexis Tsipras

  Blood, People, Democracy

  "Newsroom", www.cnn.com. November 15, 2016.

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• Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy.

  Alexis Tsipras

  Unemployment, Economy, Restoring

  "Obama's on First Overseas Trip after Trump Elected; Obama to Greece: NATO is Absolutely Vital; Obama Travels to Greece Post- Election". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. November 15, 2016.

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• I think we all know that world owes an enormous debt to Greece and the Greek people.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, People, Debt

  "Video & Transcript: U.S. President Obama and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Joint Press Conference, Tues., Nov. 15, 2016, Athens, Greece", www.shallownation.com. November 15, 2016.

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• I'm told there's a saying from those ancient times, kalos kai agathos, when someone or something is good and beautiful on the outside, but is also good and noble on the inside in terms of character and in terms of purpose. And I think that's a fine description of the friendship that exists between the Greek people and the American people.

  Barack Obama

  Beautiful, Character, Thinking

  Source: time.com

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• The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom.

  Barack Obama

  Father, Ideas, America

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• I'm personally very grateful to my many friends in the Greek-American community, sons and daughters of Greece who have found success in every walk of American life.

  Barack Obama

  Daughter, Grateful, Son

  Source: time.com

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• In order to make reforms sustainable, the Greek economy needs the space to return to growth and start creating jobs again.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Order, Creating

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, Maximos Mansion, Athens, Greece, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives so that they can carry with them the hope that their lives will get better.

  Barack Obama

  People, Important, Get Better

  Source: time.com

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• We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would be good for Greece, that would be good for the European Union, good for the United States, and ultimately, good for the world.

  Barack Obama

  Good Life, Children, People

  "Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.

  Barack Obama

  Compassion, Europe, Islands

  "Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece has continued to be a reliable ally, has shown true compassion to fellow human beings in need. It's an example of the Greek character.

  Barack Obama

  Character, Compassion, People

  Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should appreciate the fact that in this global economy, the Greek economy was going to have to go through some structural reforms.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Appreciate, People

  "Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• The Greek people are entrepreneurial.

  Barack Obama

  People, Entrepreneurial

  Source: time.com

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• We know that for the last 300 or 400 years, the size of human bodies is growing. Now what happened is that we suddenly, in history, have the backward process. We have these great Greek athletes, we have ultra-powerful Roman soldiers. You look at the size of the Roman soldier who has to carry all this ammunition. You're talking about 300,000 Arnold Schwartzeneggers.

  Garry Kasparov

  Powerful, Athlete, Talking

  Source: www.timothytaylor.ca

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