Mary Beard Quotes
I think that what will help women get into positions of power - well, day nurseries, equal pay, family-friendly working hours. And I think all that's important. I used to think it was the solution. I now think it's enabling, and it's important, but still we have got head work to do about this.
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I would love to be a role model.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes - seize it, don't miss it.
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It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.
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For to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?
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Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there.
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I don’t know what to tell you, Perry. Life’s hard. Love’s harder
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I think that what will help women get into positions of power - well, day nurseries, equal pay, family-friendly working hours. And I think all that's important. I used to think it was the solution. I now think it's enabling, and it's important, but still we have got head work to do about this.
