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Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.
Melina Mercouri
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Melina Mercouri
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 18
Died: 1994
Died: March 6
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Maria Amalia Merkouri
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In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.
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We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.
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I want to believe in a personal god who looks after me and my loved ones and knows every sparrow that falls. But the suffering of one single child, or more likely, millions is evidence against that belief. The one question I want to ask god: how do you explain or justify the suffering of a child?
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