Mary Beard Quotes
The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.
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Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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What people don't realize is that Tinder built a brand on more than the experience of the swipe.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.
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Having children was a revelation - it's like going through a doorway, and everything is different forever.
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In December 2011, a wild gray wolf set foot in California, the first sighting in almost a century. He'd wandered in from Oregon, looking for a mate.
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Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners.
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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
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The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.
