"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."

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Source : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.17

John Lothrop Motley

#Rome Quotes #Careers Quotes #Century Quotes

“The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.”
“I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.”
“There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.”

Source : "A Winterbottom's tale". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2004.
“As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most soulful book Patti Callahan has ever written.”
“How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!”
“We have to stop meeting like this." And that was the truest thing ever spoke. I needed to stop staring at his bicep... and chest... and tattoo. Never thought the sun could be so... sexy. Wow. This was awkward. "You running over me, me almost running over you?" Cam elaborated. "It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen.”
“I didn't really want to be a comedian.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.”

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