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As a child, I was an obsessive reader, as was everybody in my family all winter long with my father.... 
If the teachings of the early Christians changed Rome and the entire Roman Empire, we can’t point ... 
We're talking about, essentially, the Roman historians, who wrote Cleopatra into the story mostl... 
The ancient world found an end to anarchy in the Roman Empire, but the Roman Empire was a brute fact... 
I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we coul... 
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire. 
The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. 
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they c... 
It's never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region si... 
All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 
There is no greater glory than to die for love. 
She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... 
For almost a century, there has been broad consensus in America that families should spend no more t... 
I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a f... 
To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... 
Early on, when you're working in a new area of science, you have to think about all the pitfalls... 
The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splen... 
Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every ... 
Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to to... 
The Roman Republic fell, not because of the ambition of Caesar or Augustus, but because it had alrea... 
He must think.. that I’m dumb and innocent. But I’ve shown who I really am.. many things happene... 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. 
An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. 
I was making stickers for guys' bands. I was in the front row photographing bands, booking bands... 
No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. 
It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... 
If you stop and think about it, the form of propulsion used today hasn't changed in over a thous... 
When I was ten, I loved movies like 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Roman Holiday.' When I wat... 
We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. 
Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... 
The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is al... 
I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dres... 
Were you there?”
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the ... 
We won it a few times, but that was when we had more family members than anyone else, I guess. A lot... 
Today, even in this modern age marked by anxiety and uncertainty, we live the event of the resurrect... 
The French Revolution was a kind of 21st-century moment in the heart of the 18th century - and Alex ... 
I guess you could argue that. That changed drastically when they started seeding 32, 
I don't know if I have a favorite color. 
It's very special having a new little girl. 
Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... 
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I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... 
Beautify your breath – beautify your life. 
But then the Roman Empire fell like this- "oh shit". And we went intowhat the historians called the ... 
There's only one reason to be crucified under the Roman Empire, and that is for treason or sedit... 
Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. 
No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever."
Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... 
When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses. 
Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. 
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to ... 
Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate. 
Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary. 
Where are you guys getting all of this?" I asked. "What does it matter if I - oh come on."
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