Quotes by Melina Mercouri - Page 1

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Marbles
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In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Greece
Poor
Psychiatrist
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We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Enterprise
Irrelevant
Rule
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In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Country
Hypocrite
Names
Associated
Immediately
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Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.
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Crucial
Desert
Greek
Victory
Churchill
Decisive
Role
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Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Acropolis
Concern
Littles
Treasure
Treasures
Turks
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Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
America
Flower
Greek
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You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.
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Fervent
Glowing
Greek
Said
Warm
Breed
Me True Know
Greeks
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After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Government
Independence
Greek
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England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives to protect English pilots.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
War
Blood
England
Fascism
Greece
Greek
Pilots
Protect
Shed
Soil
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And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Greece
Greek
Invasion
Subjugation
Turkish
Asked
Possessions
Proper
Reassured
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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.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Thank You
Government
British
British Government
Fairness
Morality
Names
Please
Two
Cared
Centuries
Sculptures
Thank
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You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness.
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Mean
Patriotic
Philosophy
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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?
Melina Mercouri / Actress
Believe
Children
Fall
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