Mary Beard Quotes
If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.
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I think mobile homes are a blight on the planet. Attractive, affordable housing is possible, and I'm out to prove it.
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I think I had the most fun making a movie with 'Dedication,' just because you knew that it was a passion project for everyone involved. We had X amount of days to shoot New York in the cold. No trailers. Just sort of kind of doing it guerilla style in a way.
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Political correctness kills discussion.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
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It ain't necessarily so,It ain't necessarily so.De t'ings dat yo' li'bleTo read in de Bible,It ain't necessarily so.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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If people leave your coalition, whose fault is it? It's your fault. You have to build a coalition that's attractive to people.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?
