#achilles

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. ↗

— Joe Biden

#achilles heel #civil #civil liberties #heel #liberals

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#achilles heel #dependence #diplomacy #economic #energy

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#achilles heel #americas #confidence #cultural #heel

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#achilles heel #domain #heel #important #important thing

Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in West Virginia this system must be fixed and it must be fixed now. We cannot afford to wait even one more minute. ↗

— Joe Manchin III

#achilles heel #afford #believe #cannot #comp

An achilles, if it doesn't heal right, there could be a danger of not playing again. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#again #could #danger #heal #playing

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#damaged #i #run

I think they went with the idea that people know the story pretty much- knowing that he's going to take her when she's going to go with him. Also, the movie is really focused on Achilles and Hector and their battles. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#also #battles #focused #go #going

Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him. ↗

— Wolfgang Petersen

#brad #brad pitt #day #him #his

My first sight of the fabled warrior was a surprise. He was not a mighty-thewed giant, like Ajax. His body was not broad and powerful, as Odysseos'. He seemed small, almost boyish, his bare arms and legs slim and virtually hairless. His chin was shaved clean, and the ringlets of his long black hair were tied up in a silver chain. He wore a splendid white silk tunic, bordered with a purple key design, cinched at the waist with a belt of interlocking gold crescents... His face was the greatest shock. Ugly, almost to the point of being grotesque. Narrow beady eyes, lips curled in a perpetual snarl, a sharp hook of a nose, skin pocked and cratered... A small ugly boy born to be a king... A young man possessed with fire to silence the laughter, to stifle the taunting. His slim arms and legs were iron-hard, knotted with muscle. His dark eyes were absolutely humourless. There was no doubt in my mind that he could outfight Odysseos or even powerful Ajax on sheer willpower alone. ↗

— Ben Bova

#the-trojan-war #design