Mary Beard Quotes

Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty, face it, and see why and how it was.

Mary Beard

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WomenHistoryFaceThinkHandsWhy

Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

Adnan Sami

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At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker.

Jo Nesbo

BusinessTimeEconomicsFinancial

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

Andy Dick

PeopleLittleWhoChristiansBoth

I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.'

Meghan Daum

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If you take my equipment away from me, I might as well retire.

John O'Keefe

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I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex quite early on not to be attached to anything that might be taken away.

Stephen Hough

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Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks.

Ruud Gullit

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It's the embrace of corn-based ethanol that has driven up all food prices. It's not making agriculture more sustainable.

Michael Pollan

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Laws were changed and regulations repealed until an Enron can set sail without responsibility, supervision, or accountability.

Molly Ivins

ResponsibilitySailAccountability

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for what our forefathers stood for.

Luke Scott

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During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.

Louis D. Brandeis

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I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

Joshua Bell

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