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"We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present."
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"You are perfect, not tomorrow, not in the future, but today."
"The present is the blocks with which we build."
"Tomorrow' is the thing that's always coming but never arrives. 'Today' is the thing that's already here and never leaves. And because that's the case, I would much prefer to invest in today than sit around waiting for an arrival that's not arriving."
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"Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel."
"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."
"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."
"Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures."
"In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon."
"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?"
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