Heinrich Schliemann quotes
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“I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon,”
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“No, this customary aim of research by excavators is completely foreign to the historical work with which I am occupied... my sole and only aim is to be able to establish a historical fact, on which I disagree with some eminent historians and geographers.”
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“We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past.”
-- Heinrich SchliemannSource : Leo Deuel, Heinrich Schliemann (1977). “Memoirs of Heinrich Schliemann: a documentary portrait drawn from his autobiographical writings, letters, and excavation reports”, HarperCollins Publishers
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“Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!”
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Source : A.V. Dicey, J.W.F. Allison (2013). “The Law of the Constitution”, p.230, Oxford University Press
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Source : "Aaron Sorkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2010.
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“As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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