quotes about Achilles
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For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted.
-- Frantz Fanon -
Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
-- Homer -
Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.
-- James Callis -
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Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.
-- Joe Biden -
An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again.
-- Kevin PietersenSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.
-- Lee Westwood -
Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
-- Plutarch -
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Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.
-- Stan Lee -
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
-- Wolfgang Petersen -
Achilles only had an Achilles heel. I have an entire Achilles body.
-- Woody Allen -
I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.
-- Jason IsaacsSource : "Jason Isaacs: 'I like being anonymous'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2011.
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