Henri Pirenne The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity. – Henri Pirenne Advance Quotes Antiquity Quotes Break Quotes East Quotes Final Quotes Islam Quotes Mediterranean Quotes Rapid Quotes Result Quotes Separation Quotes Tradition Quotes Unexpected Quotes Unity Quotes West Quotes The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West.
Niki Caro Martial arts are inherently both incredibly impressive and incredibly beautiful. And that’s my female nature, maybe, and my instinct, to make things beautiful. – Niki Caro
Brenton Thwaites I was fortunate because my mum shared my love of film with me, so we would go to the movies twice, three times a week, and we would watch movies at home. As a teenager, instead of going out, we would have these huge movie nights in. But I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre. – Brenton Thwaites
Henry Golding The fact is, I’m half-British, half-Malaysian. For an Asian who’s grown up in America to be commenting on how Asian I am when they’ve never left America… does that make them more or less Asian than me? – Henry Golding
Danny Welbeck That’s Manchester United for you, a never-say-die attitude as you see time and time again. – Danny Welbeck
Sandi Toksvig I certainly wouldn’t want to be a Mini Me of any of the people whose footsteps I’ve followed in. – Sandi Toksvig
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