Mary Beard Quotes

It's great fun being an academic because you have a certain licence to be a bit of a joker.

Mary Beard

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GreatFunYouAcademicJokerBeing

All of these things we do without children, and suddenly we don't do them anymore, and it comes home to us in a real way, that it's very different to have the responsibility of a child.

Joan Didion

HomeChildrenResponsibilityChild

When I enjoy my surfing, I get good results, and I've always had fun in South Africa.

Joel Parkinson

GoodFunEnjoyResultsAfricaGet

We were looking at ourselves as a store rather than a brand. When you do that, you draw thick, heavy lines around your freedom.

Robert J. Fisher

FreedomLookingBrandYouHeavy

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

Rita Mae Brown

LifeLiveLive LifeControlThink

My family very much adored me, and at school, I was an object of fascination.

Ruth Negga

FamilySchoolMeMuchObjectVery

I often photograph something as if the subject matter was realistic, but it is actually a fantasy.

Juergen Teller

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Cancer is tough. It is a relentless opponent that won't seem to go away.

Jon Gruden

ToughGoRelentlessOpponentSeem

I may eat nine bowls of dog food, because eight isn't enough.

Dick Van Patten

DogFoodEnoughEatMayBecause

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

Chrisette Michele

LifeThinkKnowEverythingHappens

Too much comedy is filthy these days. There's nothing they won't say. I like Jimmy Carr, but I don't like the language he uses. I don't understand why he feels it necessary; I find it extremely offensive.

Bobby Davro

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I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

Armistead Maupin

LifeYourselfMistakePeopleYouth

I think about being married again, having a home and a wife. No one can ever be married too many times, and maybe if I keep trying I'll get it right one day.

Richard Pryor

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