Neil MacGregor There’s the constant concern with what happens to you when you die. Every society thinks about that and makes things to deal with that. – Neil MacGregor Concern Quotes Constant Quotes Deal Quotes Die Quotes Society Quotes In 1600, when Shakespeare’s audience at the Globe heard ‘Hamlet’ for the first time, every one of them knew very well what it meant to be handed a cup of wine by a figure of authority and told to drink. Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story in the British Museum’s collection than any other. Britain has been more connected with the rest of the world than any other country, for longer.
John Stockton Depending on the point in the game and what’s necessary, if you can deliver the play, whatever that is – heck, if it’s a screen – and you get a guy open, and he scores a big basket for you, that gives me as much of a charge as anything. – John Stockton
Edward Grey The German Emperor is ageing me; he is like a battleship with steam up and screws going, but with no rudder, and he will run into something some day and cause a catastrophe. – Edward Grey
Karla Crome The power I would like is to be able to turn off negative emotions and bad moods with the flick of a switch. – Karla Crome
Shirley Hazzard Americans’ great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization. – Shirley Hazzard
Rodney Crowell Favorite country singer of all time… Hank Williams… Well, then there’s Willie Nelson. Can I have three? I can’t do one. Then if I have three, I’ll need five. Hank Williams for sure. Willie Nelson. Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. – Rodney Crowell
Gloria Steinem I didn’t go to school a full year until I was 11 or 12, so I lived in books. I really was an observer of life. – Gloria Steinem
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