"In essence, the Mexica remained little more than a band of pirates, sallying forth from their great city to loot and plunder and to submit vast areas to tribute payment, without altering the essential social constitution of their victims"

-- Eric Wolf

#Aztec Quotes #Essence Quotes #Cities Quotes

“I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.”

Source : "Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90" by Cineplex.com, August 25, 2014.
“Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth.”
“Not until we have learned to be useful can we afford to do what we like.”

Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”
“'The long-suffering man abounds in understanding' (Prov. 14:29), because he endures everything to the end and, while awaiting that end, patiently bears his distress. The end, as St. Paul says, is everlasting life (cf. Rom. 6:22). 'And this is eternal life, that they might know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent' (Jn. 17:3).”
“Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.”
“I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.”
“You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else.”

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