"Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth."

-- Harold Urey

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“Our lives are short and everything sort of regresses to the mean.”
“Discipline will only teach the techniques - a great teacher gives discipline, motivation and love”
“A toast to the weapons of war, may they rust in peace.”
“The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 17, 2011
“The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be.”
“The irony is I did an intimate film in France with no stars and that got me to Hollywood. It got me to the Oscars. If I had tried to imitate the Americans or the Hollywood movies with a commercial recipe, I'd never have gotten to Hollywood. Although, it was not my goal in any way, and I never thought there was any connection between Monsieur Lazhar and the Oscars.”
“I came away from the talk with the perception that the risk of adverse side effects is so much greater than the risk of cervical cancer, I couldnâ€™t help but question why we need the vaccine at all.”
“I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life at 45 ... I didn't know this exercise thing felt so good.”

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