Mary Beard Quotes

I was into Black Power, and my practice Oxbridge essay was a rant. The headmistress said I'd never get in with that, but she was probably wrong. I was the ideal combination: a swot who was also a bad girl.

Mary Beard

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All interesting heroes have an Achilles' heel.

Jo Nesbo

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I was influenced by a lot of comedy growing up, I had good parents. They were funny, too. My mom was hilarious; my dad was hilarious. I guess being at home around the environment was just a good stage to get started.

Jermaine Fowler

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I have never voted in my life.

Andres Serrano

LifeMy LifeNeverVoted

Nothing has changed in our relationship with East West. We have no relationship with East West. We've been withholding our labour for almost seven years now.

Andrew Eldritch

RelationshipNowNothingYearsWest

I've fundraised for Hillary, and I'll be voting for her. I don't think we should be electing Donald Trump as president, and I'm supportive of Hillary's campaign.

John Legend

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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

Stokely Carmichael

GenerationRunMoreBreathOutOur

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.

Robert Downey, Jr.

YouSometimesNestOutJustGotta

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

Mickey Rourke

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Specialization makes it easy to forget about the filth of the coal-fired power plant that is lighting this pristine computer screen, or the backbreaking labor it took to pick the strawberries for my cereal, or the misery of the hog that lived and died so I could enjoy my bacon.

Michael Pollan

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I used to be a very, very heavy weight lifter. I weighed about 210, 215. And I used to put a lot of weight on my back. I squatted over 500 pounds.

Montel Williams

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I'm not big on regret; I don't spend a lot of time on it.

Joss Whedon

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I've said all along we need a chief executive, not a chief politician, in the White House.

Chris Collins

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