"For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a city of the head and the heart. And it existed in its purest form in the disciplined march of a hoplite phalanx on their way to war!"

-- Bettany Hughes

#Wall Quotes #War Quotes #Heart Quotes

“If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.”
“Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?”
“For a woman there is nothing more erotic than being understood.”
“Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless.”
“Consumers around the world are more aware of the multiple global crises we face than ever before, thanks to information found on the Internet.”
“There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.”
“When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.”

Source : "Shred on Arrival". Guitar World, November 1993.
“Many [business] people focus on what is static, black and white. Yet great algorithms can be rewritten. A business process can be defined better. A business model can be copied. But the speed of execution is dynamic within you and can never be copied. When you have an idea, figure out the pieces you need quickly, go to market, believe in it, and continue to iterate.”

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