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Mary Beard Quotes

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Playing around with other people's husbands when you were 17 was bad news. Yes, I was a very naughty girl.

Girl People You Bad News Naughty

It wasn't until I got to Cambridge that I discovered active discrimination against women.

Women Discrimination Active Against

I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.

Power Kitchen Black Remember Angela

I'm actually in a tradition of classicists with a big public face who like sounding off.

Face Tradition Big Off Who Like

We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.

Mistakes Mistake World Think Better

I loved 'Gladiator,' and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done.

Thought Loved Picture Done Combat

No women in ancient Rome ever had the vote.

Women Vote Rome Ancient Ever Had

Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.

Best Idiot Nobody Way Out Anything

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger - every time I speak on radio or television.

Time Anger Speak Criticism Say More

What I find very interesting is, we're not enthralled by the ancient world, and we've escaped all kinds of ancient preconceptions and assumptions and prejudices. But, nevertheless, we still make that connection between authoritative speech and male speech.

World Interesting Speech Connection

For whatever reason, some sorts of women's silence were broken by MeToo. This is the optimistic bit. And that will lead to a much more careful attention to women's voices.

Women Silence Broken Attention Will

I think most people gain some sense of how to look at a painting, but no one ever teaches you how to look at a piece of silver.

People Painting Think You Look Gain

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