Marija Gimbutas famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel the spirituality of those of our ancestors who predate the Indo-Europeans by many thousands of years.
-- Marija Gimbutas

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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without
Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.
I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things â€“ once commenced â€“ only out of a feverish greed to be able to swallow the ending â€“ sweet or sour â€“ and to be done with what I need never have embarked on. Are you in my case? Or are you a more discriminating reader? Do you lay aside the unprofitable?
I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.
Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.
There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex.

Marija Gimbutas famous quotes

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