Mary Beard Quotes
I've chosen to be this way because that's how I feel comfortable with myself. That's how I am. It's about joining up the dots between how you look and how you feel inside, and I think that's what I've done, and I think people do it differently.

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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Humility is a good estate; founded thereon, the whole spiritual edifice grows into a holy temple in the Lord. Through humility, some have even possessed the gates of their enemies. For which of the virtues is so mighty to subdue the pride of demons and the tyranny of men?
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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Something can happen in your life, and you might want and need something different from your spouse. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out.
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Sometimes less is better with government.
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Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record.
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We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I've chosen to be this way because that's how I feel comfortable with myself. That's how I am. It's about joining up the dots between how you look and how you feel inside, and I think that's what I've done, and I think people do it differently.