Spartacus Quotes

• Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.

  Victor Hugo

  Spirit, Moral, Rebellion

  Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

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• Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.

  Alex North

  Hero, Film, Radical

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• The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this temptation, from Spartacus to Danton and Dostoevsky; they are the classical form of betrayal of the cause. The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. As long as chaos dominates the world, God is an anachronism; and every compromise with one’s own conscience is perfidy. When the accursed inner voice speaks to you, hold your hands over your ears….

  Arthur Koestler

  Betrayal, Hands, Voice

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• How do you untell something? You can't. You can't put words back in your mouth. What you can do, is spread false gossip ... so people think that everything that's been said is untrue. Include that Stanley is having an affair. It's like the end of Spartacus. I have seen the movie half a dozen times, and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is. And, that is what makes that movie a classic whodunnit.

  Michael Scott

  Real, Thinking, Gossip

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• We have researchers involved with the show [Spartacus] and they pointed me in a pretty great direction, in terms of what to read, and what to look at or look for, and they also provided me with some material.

  Dustin Clare

  Looks, Term, Shows

  "Dustin Clare Spartacus: Vengeance Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 23, 2012.

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• If God is the master of the universe, then what are we? The slaves of the universe? If so, let each man become proud Spartacus!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Proud, Slave

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• Even Spartacus needs a coach.

  Breaux Greer

  Needs, Coaches

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

  Kirk Douglas

  Chairs, Expletives

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• I've played some good guys as well, in Spartacus, Paths of Glory and my favorite picture, Lonely Are the Brave, so I had a mixture of parts in my life.

  Kirk Douglas

  Lonely, Guy, Brave

  "EXCLUSIVE: Kirk Douglas Reflects on an Amazing Career". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. December 8, 2008.

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• When I made Spartacus during the McCarthy Era, we were losing our freedom. It was an awful, awful way. McCarthy saw Communists everywhere, in every level of government and they concentrated on Hollywood and especially on Hollywood writers.

  Kirk Douglas

  Government, Hollywood, Levels

  "EXCLUSIVE: Kirk Douglas Reflects on an Amazing Career". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. December 8, 2008.

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• When I produced Spartacus, the writer was Dalton Trumbo, who spent a year in jail because he would not answer McCarthy's questions about other people. He submitted the picture under the false name of Sam Jackson.

  Kirk Douglas

  Years, Names, Jail

  "EXCLUSIVE: Kirk Douglas Reflects on an Amazing Career". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. December 8, 2008.

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• Spartacus, like Jesus, was also crucified by the Romans. And for equally good reasons.

  Edward Abbey

  Jesus, Reason

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.21, RosettaBooks

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• From the days of Spartacus, Weishophf, Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.

  Winston Churchill

  America, Hair, Order

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• Isaiah rolled his eyes. "Good God. What a noble lot. You're all Spartacus, aren't you?

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Noble, Good God

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.326, Penguin

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