Mary Beard Quotes

People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation.

Mary Beard

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Every job you do, you gain more experience. You never stop learning.

Joanna Cassidy

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I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

Jennifer Ehle

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Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

John Lithgow

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I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

Johnathon Schaech

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I'm sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing.

Stephanie Courtney

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If your goal is to destroy ISIS, there needs to be a ground force. It could be American or foreign.

Ron DeSantis

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Bill Clinton wanted to survive. And Bill Clinton wanted to thrive, not just for himself, although that's primarily what drives Bill Clinton. He's a classic narcissist. So of course he wanted to thrive and succeed. But he also wanted America to thrive and succeed, which is why he worked with a Republican Congress.

Monica Crowley

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Being favourites is no title; it's an adjective. You win titles thanks to what you do on the pitch, and little else.

Julen Lopetegui

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I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do.

William Shatner

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We have a lot of folks who talk about immigration reform but haven't put their name on a bill.

Suzan DelBene

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But for a few twists of fate, the gasoline engine we know today might have just been a small footnote in history.

Kimbal Musk

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Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible task, and that fiscal-stimulus programs are usually too small, and arrive too late, to make a difference.

James Surowiecki

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