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After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.
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I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.
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In golf, you have to stay patient and calm. On the race track you can let loose, but in golf you can't and you must be calm.
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I adore imaginary monsters, but I am terrified of real ones.
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Way back in 1989, I got lucky with my first published story when it was selected for the Journey Prize anthology. Then I got lucky three more times. It is astounding to see how many writers published in the anthology have gone on to publish great story collections and novels. The anthology is a windfall for both writer and reader.
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Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.
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In proportion as the bourgeoisie, i.e., capital, is developed, in the same proportion is the proletariat, the modern working class, developed - a class of labourers, who live only so long as they find work, and who find work only so long as their labour increases capital. These labourers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity, like every other article of commerce, and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of competition, to all the fluctuations of the market.
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Corporations, being only human, make mistakes. Sometimes you may end up working for one of those mistakes.
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I’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.
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My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.
