Mary Beard Quotes
Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'Mary Beard
Quotes to Explore
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
F. H. Bradley -
Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
Page McConnell -
I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
Walton Goggins -
Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
Hans Vestberg -
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.
Beau Bridges -
We don't have performances as big as 'Lemonade Mouth' on 'Zeke and Luther,' but they're both amazing experiences; just, 'Lemonade Mouth' was a bit bigger. It was different for me.
Adam Hicks
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As I get older, the present and the past shift and become the past and the future... A lot of it is a new awareness of time and life and the wheel of fortune crushing you and lifting you and crushing you and lifting you.
Feist -
We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
Zach Galifianakis -
I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
Barry McGuigan -
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
Barbara Kingsolver -
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person.
Edith Head -
I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country.
Bashar al-Assad
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It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.
Karl Philipp Moritz -
Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
Yakov Smirnoff -
You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.
Iris Apfel -
Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.
Calvin Coolidge -
Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.
V. S. Naipaul -
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.
Wendy Davis
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Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.
Adam Davidson -
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
William Penn -
We think we are the victims of time. In reality, the way of the world isn't fixed anywhere. How could that be possible? We are our own journey. And therefore we are time as well. We are the same. Fugitive. Inscrutable. Ruthless.
Cormac McCarthy -
Might we not say that every child at play behaves like a creative writer, in that he creates a world of his own, or, rather, rearranges the things of his world in a new way which pleases him?
Sigmund Freud -
I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.
Max Brooks -
Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'
Mary Beard