Mary Beard Quotes

All religions throughout history have been concerned about - and have sometimes fought over - what it means to represent God, and they have found elegant, intriguing, and awkward ways to confront that dilemma.

Mary Beard

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Riffs are a repeating thing. They come back to you. Some of the things on 'Back in Black' were ideas we had knocked around on tracks before that: 'That bit - maybe we should take a chunk of that and slug it in here.'

Angus Young

IdeasBlackYouBackTakeHere

My dreams have come true. I mean, everything I wanted to happen as a kid has already happened.

John Waters

DreamsTrueMeanKidEverything

I simply believe food is too good to throw away - and Christmas leftovers can be a gastronomic opportunity for the well-skilled kitchen forager. With a little imagination, there are a million ways to use up leftovers rather than bin them.

Tristram Stuart

GoodOpportunityFoodImaginationUp

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

Robert De Niro

GoodFeelUnderstandingYouWrong

Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.

Mickey Spillane

MeCriticsUpUsedThemselvesTear

There is a lot to celebrate about that little Babe who was laid in a manger. Christians celebrate Christmas because they are thankful for the promise of salvation, which was delivered in human flesh and named Jesus.

Monica Johnson

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Every species becomes extinct; at some point, we will go extinct. The question is, as Homo sapiens, are we going to be able to adapt to the change that we're actually part of? We're causing such dramatic changes to the planet, so yes, you do stop and think, 'I wonder where we're headed.'

Louise Leakey

ChangeThinkYouWonderStopAdapt

The worlds of art, philanthropy, and business are absolutely intertwined.

Jorge M. Perez

BusinessArtPhilanthropyAbsolutely

I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that.

Derek Jeter

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The first two lessons, which we learned early in our efforts to be good member missionaries, have made sharing the Gospel much easier: We simply can't predict who will or won't be interested in the Gospel, and building a friendship is not a prerequisite to inviting people to learn about the Gospel.

Clayton M. Christensen

FriendshipGoodPeopleBuildingWill

We are launching a campaign called Wind, Not War, which is about the alternatives to a fossil-fuels-based economy and looking at wind, an alternative energy, as key to that in terms of issues of global climate change as well as issues of democracy.

Winona LaDuke

ChangeWarWindDemocracyEnergy

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

LifeYouthTragedyDeepestUntouched

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