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Legend Quotes

"If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you."

"If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you."

Judy Garland, American Actress

Legend, Legends, Lonely

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"The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.""It was probably important to her."

"The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.""It was probably important to her."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Legend, Myth, Regret, Truth, Power

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"Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind."

"Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind."

Marie de France, French Poet

Legend, May, Mind

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"Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor."

"Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Legend, Rumor, Shakespeare

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