Mary Beard Quotes

Gender is a key marker of power and powerlessness. Most of the structures of how our world works are biased in terms of men.

Mary Beard

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The day that the balance between the two sections of the country - the slaveholding States and the non-slaveholding States - is destroyed is a day that will not be far removed from political revolution, anarchy, civil war, and widespread disaster.

John C. Calhoun

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Nobody can write a good 30-second commercial.

Jerry Della Femina

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No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.

Maurice Maeterlinck

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Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.

Andy Van Slyke

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When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children.

Ann Hood

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These characters are not spontaneous creations. They are engineered down to the last nut and bolt.

John Sandford

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The key to a good horror movie is what happens between the scares. The scares aren't the tricky part. If you're involved in what's going on in between, the scare is going to trick you. If you're not, the best scare in the world will not be scary.

Jason Blum

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My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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Everybody kind of always bags on me because I use the word 'awesome' a lot.

Clinton Sparks

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To win you've got to stay in the game.

Claude M. Bristol

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I did a lot of trapeze stuff when I did 'Pippin' and continued to do it afterward. Flying is so fun, and I was used to the harness idea, but these harnesses are like intense, full bodysuit things.

Ciara Renee

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When you watch 'UFC,' there is not a cliche champion who looks the same every time.

Bray Wyatt

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