It wasn't until I got to Cambridge that I discovered active discrimination against women.
Mary Beard
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
Joe Namath
GoVietnamGetRatherMarriedThan
I see my books as a body of work, in my opinion, of singular importance and deeply disrespected in a way that is savagely unfair.
Andrea Dworkin
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Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.
John Oliver
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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
John Henry Newman
SoarNeverContentGroundMustSure
When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.
Matt Gonzalez
OpportunitiesSellingDownBreakBig
I understand it's promotion, but no one ever gave me a chance. No one ever thought I'd be the champ, and look where I'm at now.
Stipe Miocic
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I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.
Rodrigo Rato
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The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent.
Matt Blunt
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I don't think I have advice for female directors as opposed to male directors. I think all first-time directors should try and be as prepared as they possibly can, because it's hard!
Liz Tuccillo
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The neighborhood I grew up in had this fence that surrounds the watershed. And if you go on the other side of that fence, there's nothing until the North Pole and down to Siberia. It's the absolute cutoff point between man and nature.
Douglas Coupland
NatureManFenceYouDownNothing
I constantly make fashion mistakes but I think it's good to take risks.
Clemence Poesy
GoodMistakesRisksFashionThink
I think both running and science reflect certain character traits. I have endurance, patience, and ambition. I'm willing to work hard toward a goal, to push myself and overcome limits. Running and science both let me express these traits.
Wolfgang Ketterle
WorkPatienceCharacterScienceMe
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