Heinrich Schliemann famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,
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No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim is to be able to establish a historical fact, on which I disagree with some eminent historians and geographers.
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We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past.
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Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!
-- Heinrich Schliemann
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I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,
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Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.
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It doesn't have to be the Grand Canyon, it could be a city street, it could be the face of another human being - Everything is full of wonder.
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At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke
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Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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We have got to abandon the sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.
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It looks better when you do your own stunts, because seeing somebody's face when they're doing them is fun for the audience.
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