Mary Beard Quotes
In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.
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Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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What is interesting about me isn't that I am a mother, it is who I am. I love my family, but if I just talk to you about being a mother, it's boring. I am sorry, but it's reducing who I really am, and it's really boring.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor.
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In some cases, it's not just about cleaning up the factories. It's about cleaning up the nearby rivers and lakes that have been tainted with heavy metals.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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When I wear the hat of management, it is important that our management behaves and conducts as management accountable to the board.
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My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!
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If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.
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War is a tragedy. It's not pretty, and in my opinion, there are no winners. Everybody's a victim, from the one who's suffering pain to the person inflicting it.
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There can be no immaculate conception of socialism.
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God never allows pain without a purpose.
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In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.
