Martin Seligman

The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.

American Psychologist

Kara Swisher

I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.

American Journalist

Jack Antonoff

When I was growing up, it was a lot of punk and hardcore music going on in legion halls and firehouses, and we'd play those shows, and it was very Jersey. It was very suburban, and there's just a great pride there.

American Musician

Hunter S. Thompson

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

Halsey

I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.

Romeo Dallaire

Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think some part of me wanted to join the legions of the dead, whom I had failed.

Canadian Politician

Goldwin Smith

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

Canadian Historian

Amber Rudd

For every hate-filled attempt to harm, there will be always the legion of those who do not hesitate to give their help and care to a stranger when it is needed.

British Politician

Simon Sebag Montefiore

There are few words in Russian for the Western concept of 'law,' but there are legions of words for connections, helping people from one's neck of the woods.

British Historian

John Nettles

I have a legion of friends and the best ones are my immediate family, which is very cliched but true.

British Actor

Often used to exaggerate the number of items or people, not always literally countless.

Common Hyperbole

Can abstractly represent an overwhelming number of inanimate concepts.

Abstract Concept

May imply problems or challenges due to the vast number, not just neutral abundance.

Potential Negative

In historical contexts, it refers to a specific range of soldiers, not just any large group.

Historic Precision

Don't use it to describe modern military units; the term is specific to ancient Rome.

Not Contemporary

Be aware of the old-fashioned feel it has when used outside historical discussions.

Archaic Usage

As an adjective, it stresses the large quantity more than the noun form.

Adjective Specificity

When used as an adjective, it doesn't specify an exact number, just 'many'.

Not Countable

It's more commonly used as a modern adjective than a noun to indicate numerousness.

Modern Context

 While the lattice itself is not made of living cells, networks of blood vessels, nerves and other living tissues grow through special channels and passages. And over the course of development, a legion of osteoblasts reinforce the skeleton that protects our organs, allows us to move,

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 Roman legions have no regard for the druids’ sacred role as peacemakers. Before going to bed, she observes the course of the planets and consults her charts, trying to make sense of the meteor she saw earlier. The signs are converging on a larger threat than their neighbors.

A day in the life of a...

 has an answer films and television shows are being analyzed by legions of fans the world over now and in real time every single detail of a production is analyzing depths by amateurs and experts alike and the results are shared instantaneously let me show you just a

What does it take to...

 that can't profitably be made now but could be made in that world, courtesy of legions of robots. Yeah. It will be a world of abundance. The only scarcity that will exist in the future is that which we decide to create ourselves as humans.

Elon Musk: A future...

 Mere optics. He used his military influence and personal wealth to stack the Senate in his favor, while retaining the powers of a tribune and the right to celebrate military triumphs. He kept control of provinces with the most legions.

History vs. Augustus -...

 Each century is commanded by a centurion. An aquilifer, or eagle-bearer, marches at the head of each legion carrying its eagle standard. The centurions march beside the legionaries belting out orders, “Dex, sin, dex, sin,"

 our mobile work and play rely on legions of overworked computer servers, warehoused in gigantic data centers flung across the world. This is called cloud computing, and it leads to two big heat waste and bandwidth demand.

The hidden network that...

 There are legions of young men who can't afford to get married, because marriage has become a very expensive proposition. They are expected to bear the burden of costs in married life, but they can't find jobs.

A little-told tale of...

 world's largest and swiftest ocean currents up back whales pass through these waters each year migrating from polar feeding grounds these waters are also known to legions

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 Who was I? I'll tell you. I was a misfit. Like legions of other children, I came from an abusive household that I narrowly escaped with my life.

Legion

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