Mary Beard Quotes
One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.Mary Beard
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
R. Kelly -
I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
Naomie Harris -
Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
Ian Frazier -
When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
Quincy Jones -
I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
Zachary Taylor -
Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
Karen Elson
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
Laura Innes -
I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
Natasha Richardson -
I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
Ian Rush -
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
W. C. Fields -
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
J. Michael Straczynski -
My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. Henry -
A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
Laura Anne Gilman -
Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
A. E. Housman -
The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
Laura Moser -
There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.
Abraham Benrubi -
The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
Wendy O. Williams
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding -
My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over.
Vanilla Ice -
Robert Redford was an absolute blast to work with - a very smart, very charismatic man.
Christopher McDonald -
Even random differences in pay lead to the backward inference of differences in skill and hence to the development of unequal influence. It's an element of personal and office dynamics that can't be ignored.
Leonard Mlodinow -
I grew up learning to do more with less.
Ann Kirkpatrick -
One of the downsides of working in antiquity is that you don't have many female voices, but you certainly have a lot of male terror about the potential of women's power. It shows you very clearly that the most oppressive cultures tend to be afraid of those whom they oppress.
Mary Beard