![[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.](/assets/img/quote-photos/footnote-pliny-the-elder-perished-in-79-ad-when-he-refused-to-flee-from-the.jpg)
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would-be judgment
My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment. Elena Kagan
would-be population ministers
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would-be shooting veto
Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back. Dominique de Villepin
would-be way different
I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked at one way and it was an entirely different situation. Edward Zwick
would-be finals process
I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate . Abdullah Abdullah
would-be world slavery
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Abraham Lincoln
would-be belief affair
If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.
eruption monstrous mount pattern
The pattern is that every 2,000 to 3,000 years, there is a monstrous eruption (of Mount Vesuvius). And it has now been about 2,000 years. Michael Sheridan
eruption moderate
We have had an eruption of moderate magnitude, ... there was no lava.
eruption
Even before the eruption it was about 45 feet. Doug Larson
eruption seen since time
At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,
eruption grapes
I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions. David O. Selznick
eruption last number since
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These results are suggesting that an eruption such as Pinatubo temporarily slows down the warming but it is only temporary, and in the future we can't rely on eruptions as a way of slowing the warming because we have no idea when or where they're going to occur.
eruption high imagination intelligence means poetry prevents rank scale whose
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake. Lord Byron
eruption high imagination intelligence means poet poetry prevents rank scale whose
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence --this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
footnotes
I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life. Martha Gellhorn