The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare. Neither knew chocolate. The Swiss are known for nonviolence. They are also known for superb chocolate.
Everybody in Greece thinks you're the greatest thing since they put the pocket in pitta.
Megara in Hercules
1I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
The ancient Greeks invented lots of things we still have today, like medicine and olives. And lots of things that have died out, like democracy and pillars. They also developed culture in the form of yoghurt and theater in all its tedious forms.
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Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!
There are three things that every Greek woman must do in life: marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone.
Toula Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
There's two kinds of people: Greeks, and everybody else who wish they was Greek.
Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Give me a word... and I'll show you that the root of that word is Greek.
Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
I had to go to Greek school, where I learned valuable lessons such as, "If Nick has one goat and Maria has nine, how soon will they marry?"
Toula Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Greeks were the only ones who had an ear for music.
Greece... the country that spent money like a rapper whose accountant is Nicolas Cage.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Griechenland - and that's practically the same thing.
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We approached Athens from the north in early twilight, climbing a hill. When we reached its peak, we were dazzled to look down and see the Acropolis struck by one beam of the setting sun, as if posing for a picture.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
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Ian: "Because I came alive when I met you."
Ian: "Because I came alive when I met you."
The man is the head, but the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head any way she wants.
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Ian: "Uh no, I already ate."
Maria: "Okay, I make you something."
Ian: "Uh no, I already ate."
Maria: "Okay, I make you something."
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What do you mean, "he don't eat no meat"? That's okay. I'll make lamb.
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My brother Nick has two jobs: to cook, and to marry a Greek virgin.
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My cousins have two volumes; loud and louder!
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Germany... a country whose idea of a bedtime story is two children being left to die in the forest, before nearly being cooked and eaten and then murdering an old woman.
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2Australia... home of every animal that seems like it should already be extinct.
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1AI is a nightmare to me. It's inhumane. You can't get more inhumane than artificial intelligence.
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You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.
I always say to myself that if I can make a movie that makes a kid smile or gives them some hope or something to get excited about, then I'm applying myself in the best way that I can. I don't think that just goes for kids. I think that it goes for adults, as well, and for families.
Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate.
When I see chocolate, I hear to voices in my head:
One says: "Eat it!"
The other one says: "Can't you listen? You're supposed to eat it!"
One says: "Eat it!"
The other one says: "Can't you listen? You're supposed to eat it!"
Threatening the British by saying there will be only salt and vinegar on the table, is like threatening the French by saying there will only be wine and baguettes, or threatening the Swiss by saying there'll only be chocolate and Nazi gold.
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1Joey: "My agent thinks I should have a name that's more neutral."
Chandler: "Joey... Switzerland?"
Chandler: "Joey... Switzerland?"
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1A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
Zeus in Hercules
11See, he's gotta have a weakness. Because everybody's got a weakness. I mean, for what? Pandora, it was the box thing. For the Trojans - hey, they bet on the wrong horse, okay?
Hades in Hercules
2If you read my blog, you know I'm a pilates freak. And by pilates, I mean waffles.
I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack.
Apparently, Islam can be a sensitive topic, and the producers say if I don't follow this script to the letter, there's a chance I'll cause a serious international incident.
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The European kings agreed and launched a sort of armed charity drive to forcibly provide the Islamic world with crucifixes. They called it "cruce-aid".
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Here was the chance to provide the leadership the country deserved: positive, modern, rational, appealing to people's hopes rather than their fears.
The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.
If you're a homeless, alcoholic Scott and you had tourettes... how would they ever know?
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