Mary Beard Quotes
I don't think that we are completely dominated by what we have inherited from the past, but it is the case that as far back as you can go - just to Homer, but also to the literature of Rome, the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance - what you will find is that women's voices are not taken seriously.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.
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Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist or modern application, you'll hit a real winner.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.
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I respect all women who came before me to blaze trails into the workplace for us.
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Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
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In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.
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My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
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So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today.
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I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.
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My parents wanted me to be a doctor. So I took up science, but then realised that my heart was not in it at all. The thought of treating ailing people was very depressing.
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As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.
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Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.
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I don't think that we are completely dominated by what we have inherited from the past, but it is the case that as far back as you can go - just to Homer, but also to the literature of Rome, the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance - what you will find is that women's voices are not taken seriously.
