Mary Beard Quotes

When I am making a TV show, I am looking for engagement, not admiration.

Mary Beard

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I AmLookingAdmirationEngagement

I would never bet against Peyton Manning. You know about the age and the neck and the strength. But I had George Blanda, and as he got older, he got smarter, and he just got rid of the ball quicker. I watch Peyton, and I see George Blanda.

John Madden

StrengthAgeYouKnowNeverSee

However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a social contract between citizens and governments sharply into political thinking, paving the way for popular democracy and constitutional republicanism.

Simon Mainwaring

GreatDemocracyThinkingPolitical

I, as a fan of numerous TV shows and movies, know that people mess up. The characters that we love are not always going to act in the ways that we want them to. That's what makes them interesting.

Rita Volk

LovePeopleInterestingKnowMovies

The oddest things happen to me. It goes in seasons. Nothing will happen for a long time, and I miss it, and I remember how these strange coincidences used to happen to me and how amazing it was, how it made me want to believe in something. A year will go by, and then a slew of them will come along, like buses, one after another.

David Thewlis

TimeAmazingMeBelieveYearLong

A great idea can't succeed without a great operator. But rarely can a great operator squeak by with a bad idea. So, as pithy as it sounds to say 'It's all about the people,' I only invest when I think I have found the right team for the right business.

Chris Sacca

BusinessGreatPeopleTeamSucceed

The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security is put at risk.

Brandon Webb

TrustDieInformationLoseSecurity

I never regret things. It's a really dangerous thing to say, but for anyone involved in the arts, the bad things that happen make for good material. It's not a comfortable truth, but it is true.

Antony Sher

GoodTruthRegretBadDangerousSay

The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.

Annie Besant

IndiaVillageSystemGreatest

I'm a total goof. When I'm being really comfortable with my friends, I can be very goofy.

Ansel Elgort

FriendsI CanComfortableGoofyVery

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

Peter Wright

LifeGiftAliveNewThreeLiving

I already know what boxers do; I've been in it all my life. I know what they do, and I know how they prepare.

Tyson Fury

LifeMy LifeKnowPrepareBeenHow

My golden rules for looking good are to moisturise to ridiculousness with a really rich moisturiser. And I always take my make-up off before going to bed.

Twiggy

GoodLookingRichRulesBedGolden

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