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The Akkadians achieved a series of firsts that set the template for the great states that were to follow. They founded the world’s first empire, ruled over by the first god-king, and established the first professional military force.
“BLANCHE: You see I still have that awful vanity about my looks even now that my looks are slipping!”
― A Streetcar Named Desire
― A Streetcar Named Desire
“No labour was more Heraclean than the labour of being Heracles.”
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
― Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
“Writers of history often seek the dramatic over the truth. It is a failing of the profession.”
― Sailing to Sarantium
― Sailing to Sarantium
“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“There are two types of coaches. There’s coaches like me who weigh up the opposition and ask the team to adjust. Fergie was similar. José [Mourinho] is similar. Then there’s Arsène, who won’t adjust. There’s Brendan [Rodgers], who looks like he won’t adjust. There’s Manuel Pellegrini, who looks like he won’t adjust … their philosophy is different to ours. Ours is more about who are we playing against. Their philosophy is more, “We always play this way,” and they won’t change, they carry on doing the same thing. That’s why you can beat them.”
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
― The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
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