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“Latino actors and actresses have had to struggle for decades, but when I came around with Real Women Have Curves, attitudes were starting to change. We screened the film all over the world - in Jewish communities, black communities, Greek communities, German communities - and people across the board said, "That's my family."”

People World Real Film Black Community Attitude Struggle My Family Greek Latino Real Women

Author:America Ferrera

“Mancil Travis - I have always had a fascination with this character from my hometown. When I put pen to paper to recount stories I knew of him, I kept hearing this dream sequence in my head that was Willie Sugarcapps harmonies singing like a Greek chorus, "White carnations."”

Character Dream Singing Harmony Greek Pens Chorus Hometown

Author:Will Kimbrough

“Lately, I've discovered the Hellenistic bronzes. I'd never really thought about them much, but then there was this marvelous exhibition - many of them Roman, some of them Greek, all kinds of wonderful standing figures or heads or horses. It all suddenly became a passion of mine. I finally got to see that exhibition, which led to the idea of bringing up the statue in the film.”

Kind Film Passion Wonderful Horse All Kinds Greek

Author:James Ivory

“You don't have to try to be contemporary. You are already contemporary. What one has in mythology is being evolved all the time. Personally, I think I can do with Greek and Old Norse mythology. For example, I don't think I stand in need of planes or of railways or of cars.”

Thinking Trying Car Mythology Greek Railway

Author:Jorge Luis Borges

“I perform regularly with a theater company called Outside the Wire who take performances of Greek tragedy to American-military audiences around the world to create discussion about PTSD and soldier suicide. It's one of the greatest things I've ever been asked to do as an actor.”

World Audience Tragedy Suicide Soldier Discussion Greek Wire Greek Tragedy

Author:Bryce Pinkham

“There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is at war with Islam and maybe some of the other civilizations around the world. And I don't agree with that. But I do think there is such a thing as Western civilization. I think it starts with the Greeks and the Romans. Then it goes through the Enlightenment - or the Reformation, the Enlightenment. It goes through the scientific age. And it somewhat defines some of the cultures and mores of Europe and North America and some other countries.”

Thinking World War Country Age Political Culture Enlightenment Agree Islam Western Greek Clash Thesis

Author:David Brooks

“God cannot suffer - at least not as we do. It has some roots in Greek philosophy: if God is a perfect being, suffering would reduce that perfection, so God cannot suffer. More thoughtful theologians take the phrase in the sense of one of the confessions of faith that talks of God as being "without parts or passions" - he is not physical as we are, and not subject to "passions" in the sense of uncontrollable emotions that can take charge of us at times. God is not "emotional," if that word is used as some kind of weakness.”

Kind Philosophy Suffering Passion Perfect Emotion Emotional Weakness Perfection Greek Thoughtful Confession Theologian

Author:Christopher J. H. Wright

“The Greeks really believed in history. They believed that the past had consequences and that you might be punished for the sins of your father. America, and particularly New York, runs on the idea that history doesn't matter. There is no history. There is only the never-ending present. You don't even have your family because you moved here to get away from them, so even that idea of personal history has been cut at the knees.”

Running Past Father Sin Cutting Consequence Moved Greek Our Family Get Away

Author:Christopher Bollen

“I had this great teacher, Milton Katselas, who was this loud Greek who had directed Bette Davis and Liv Ullmann, and brought Edward Albee to this country. He said, "Why do you keep trying to be a Rolex watch when you're the salt of the earth?" Except he said it much louder.”

Trying Country Earth Teacher Greek Great Teacher

Author:Beth Grant

“Conflict is the basis of drama. I guess that goes back as long as time has existed as far as mankind is concerned, dating back to the Greek tragedies or the Old Testament. And violence is a form of conflict, so whether that's catharsis or whether that has some socially damaging effect on audiences - I suppose that would just depend.”

Long Audience Violence Mankind Drama Conflict Concerned Dating Tragedy Greek Old Testament Greek Tragedy

Author:Clint Eastwood

“One dangerous definition of happiness is to think of happiness as kind of a warm, joyful feeling in your heart that you have to pursue and grab and hold onto for fear that it'll go away. A better way to think about happiness that actually is something that I think you can reach towards is, it's living in accord with your values and in a way that is more open and accepting of your history as it echoes into the present, that's more self-affirming, self-validating and values-based. The Greeks had a word for it; they called it eudaimonia. And it is something that will empower human lives.”

Thinking Heart Kind Feelings Values Accepting Dangerous Greek Empowering Going Away Joyful

Author:Steven C. Hayes

“In some ways, Lotus Eaters is a journey disguised as a party film; there's a circus in the movie, and there are parties, but the real story is of an internal journey. There's themes of emptiness and excess and beauty and grief around it, but it's always surrounded by these glamorous events, and those are ways of waylaying her on her journey in the same way that it is in the ancient Greek story.”

Real Film Party Grief Journey Ancient Greek Emptiness Glamorous Ancient Greek

Author:Alexandra McGuinness

“I work in Hebrew. Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages. Not now, for the last three thousand years, Hebrew has been penetrated and fertilized by ancient Semitic languages - by Aramaic, by Greek, by Latin, by Arabic, by Yiddish, by Latino, by German, by Russian, by English, I could go on and on. It's very much like English. The English language took in many many fertilizations, many many genes, from other languages, from foreign languages - Latin, French, Nordic languages, German, Scandinavian languages. Every language has influences and is an influence.”

Language Influence Inspired Ancient Greek Latin English Language Latino Hebrew Foreign Language Yiddish

Author:Amos Oz

“Forgiveness is a beautiful thing. That's why I forgive Reince Priebus, that little Greek rascal.”

Beautiful Forgiving Greek Beautiful Things

Author:Don King

“In my head I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, Damn, that's a pop song! I can practice in front of the mirror with my hairbrush for as long as I want to. But when it finally comes out, it sounds avant-garde to people. Right up until then, though, I think, "Of course everybody feels this way. This song's the same as the Greek national anthem."”

People Thinking Long Song Greek Anthem Pop Song

Author:M.I.A.

“While the Tamils were inventing cabs and leather jackets, we Greeks were busy inventing philosophy. But I guess everybody needs cabs and leather jackets.”

Philosophy Busy Greek Cab

Author:Romain Gavras

“Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in. To keep these characters static - like Superman was invented in the '30s, Wonder Woman in the '40s - if they were still operating under those kinds of constraints, they'd die. These pop cultures, just like Greek myths, they have to reflect the time their stories are being told. That's what makes them relevant.”

Kind Character Culture Wonder Myth Greek Relevant Pop Culture Wonder Woman Greek Myth

Author:Brian Azzarello

“Throughout history, from Abyssinians and Greeks onward, artists, sculptors, and architects have worked together. I find this post - World War II thing, this segmentation of the arts, so lame. It's the laming of the arts.”

World Art War Together Artist Greek War Of The Worlds World War Ii Architect World War I

Author:Peter Marino

“American culture is kind of a universal culture, I guess. It's things Greeks grew up with, common references you can use. It's very interesting.”

Kind Culture Interesting Common Greek Very Interesting American Culture

Author:Yorgos Lanthimos

“I favor a form of cosmopolitanism that takes nations very seriously, particularly because of the role of national law in sustaining or, unfortunately, undermining human rights. Some cosmopolitans take the metaphor of global citizenship - the etymology of the word, after all, just comes from a Greek phrase meaning citizen of the world - to rule out taking national citizenship seriously. I think that's a big mistake. Why can't I be loyal to America and to humanity? After all, I can be loyal to America and to New York city!”

Thinking World Humanity Mistake Human Rights Metaphor Greek Loyal Citizenship Big Mistake

Author:Kwame Anthony Appiah

“For instance, we have the largest Polish population of any city except for Warsaw, and the largest Lithuanian population outside Lithuania. More Italians, Greeks, Irish, Latinos, Serbians, and Croatians than you can shake a stick at. Chicago has it all, I don't know why I'd ever leave.”

Greek Latino

Author:Kevin Drumm

“Plays are just all sort of playful asides, and there's a great deal of reference here to Greek mythology, plays, and dramas. The idea of the chorus is really important in Greek drama and I loved the idea of including that.”

Important Drama Mythology Greek Greek Mythology Chorus Greek Myth

Author:Lauren Groff

“Athens is the birthplace of modern tragedy. In the Greek tragic plays, the tableau of the characters would become a statue, like the statue of Oedipus reaching up to the Gods with blood spilling out of his eyes. I love the way the Greeks would immortalize experience. Things that all of us feel.”

Character Eye Modern Tragedy Greek Tragic

Author:Simon Van Booy

“Psychological factors are vital. We don't learn how to improve our emotional intelligence. Even in ancient cultures, such as the Greeks, cultivation of the art of being able to enter a state of awareness that is deeply blissful, and beyond thought and feeling as such. Many people have become disillusioned with religions and, as such, have turned away from pursuing anything spiritual. That create a loss of sense of purpose and a lot of anger. Sure, there are all sorts of problems with organised religions, but there are also all sorts of problems with the world of 'science' too.”

People World Art Feelings Problem Spiritual Purpose Culture Loss Awareness Emotional Ancient Psychological Greek Disillusioned

Author:Patrick Holford

“The problem is we bear grudges that go a thousand years into the past. Really, I could find people who begrudge the Greeks for doing awful things to the Bulgarians more than a thousand years ago.”

People Problem Past Greek Grudge

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“Someone might say about a person, "Oh, they are a 'Westerner." But who are Westerners? Greek, Bulgarian, German, English, Scandinavian, Spanish, American, Latin. All different nations, all different people. Different individuals live in the West. There's no such thing as "West" just as there's no such things as "East." What is "East?" Turkey, Iran, China, India, Japan. They are all different. They are all unique.”

People Different Individual Unique Greek Latin

Author:Burhan Sonmez

“These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.”

Thinking Heart Real Enjoy Painting Boat Greek Being In Love

Author:Carey Mercer

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

Felt Behinds Style Greek Hiding Fraud Columns Hype

Author:Willem de Kooning

“Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.”

Made Ideas Religious Christianity Products Enlightenment Tradition Philosophical Humanism Greek Who We Are Our Society Judaism Great Religious

Author:Jan Peter Balkenende

“I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.”

School Wish Study Mythology Greek Greek Mythology

Author:Eric Bana

“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”

Political Politics Freedom Revolution Capitalism Remains Slave Ancient Communism Greek Owners Republic Communist Tyrants Individualism Capitalist Ancient Greek Slave Owners

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.”

Humans Seems Able Human Nature Passing Passings Greek Possessed Barbarism Strengthening Passing Through Hibernation

Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg

“A lot of women don't like when they're sort of fat, but a fat foot is as beautiful as a skinny foot. Think of Greek statues. Look how many people love the foot of the baby! There is something super-charming about the baby foot.”

People Thinking Looks Beautiful Feet Baby Fats Greek Charming Statues Skinny

Author:Christian Louboutin

“I always wanted to play a Greek god in something.”

Play Wanted Greek Greek God

Author:Kellan Lutz

“'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.”

Country Stores Greek Parks Immigrants Opera Turkish Backdrop Jamaicans Lollipop

Author:John Lydon

“There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.”

Black Myth Greek Wednesday

Author:John Major

“Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe.”

Ifs Wells Happens Values Pay Effects Europe Crisis Western Debt Greek Banking Greece Banking System Western Europe Banking Crisis

Author:John Major

“Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.”

Men Humans Made States Beautiful Human Beings Pieces Ideals Greek Rough Statues Apollo Marble Ideal Man

Author:Jose Marti

“Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.”

Philosophy Seems Mets Tragedy Greek Dull Greek Tragedy Greek Philosophy

Book:Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

Source: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

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

Knows Wells Said Let Me Warm Greek Glowing Fervent

Author:Melina Mercouri

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

Felt Connections Greek

Author:George Michael

“In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.”

People Shows Courses Conversation England Greek Latin Showing Off Uneducated Educated And Uneducated

Book:How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide

Source: How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide

“If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.”

Ifs Way Art Three Economy Wine Greek

Author:Robert Mondavi

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

Ready Greek Euro

Author:Mario Monti

“I like to cook, but mostly Greek. When I am confused or tired, I think about what I can cook. It takes you away from everything, as you are thinking only of your dish.”

Thinking I Can Tired Cooks Greek Confused Dishes I Am Confused

Author:Nana Mouskouri

“Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely.”

World Want Looks Mean Whole Modern Whole World Greek Orange County Orange County

Author:Rupert Murdoch

“Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.”

Doe Jobs Culture Term Roles Taken Modern Pops Mythology Greek Gaps Greek Mythology Superhero Pop Culture

Author:Christopher Nolan

“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

Believe I Believe I Believe In British Greek Suspects Brits Exceptionalism American Exceptionalism

Author:Barack Obama

“I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to me, so the murmuring Greek chorus of a hashtag might be a perfect way to liven them up and give them a bit of dimension.”

Way Giving Littles Might Bits Perfect Messages Inspired Greek Dimensions Flats Chorus Murmuring Text Message Hashtags Greek Chorus

Author:Susan Orlean

“If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy, it would be wrong for the European economy, it would make things worse in the end. That's why we're taking the pain and making these structural reforms, and we're on target.”

Ifs Ends Would Be Pain Economy Months Decided Reform Greek Target Default

Author:George Papandreou

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