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Mary Beard Quotes

I do not think that the lives of women of my generation, as a class, were blighted by the way the power differentials between men and women operated. We wanted to change those power differentials; we also had a good time.

Mary Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Change Good Women Power Time Men

If I texted somebody that I was having a down day, in seconds I would have somebody either call me or show up at my door.

Jessica St. Clair

Day Me Door Down Up Call

If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely dominated by electronic music.

John Grant

Music Childhood Queen Green Ghosts

Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.

Andre Leon Talley

Calm Face Attention You Hug Become

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world.

Tony Curtis

World Florida Pieces Show Just Many

I hope that the entire Senate votes to say that if you're on the terrorist watch list - not just the no-fly list, which is a much more targeted list, but the terrorist watch list - you should not be able to buy a weapon.

Rob Portman

Hope You Say More Buy Watch

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

Ron Chernow

Best Safety Argument Mutual Funds

Women are the face of hunger. Hunger has a female face. It affects women disproportionately, and therefore it affects children as well, and it gets passed on inter-generationally, too.

Josette Sheeran

Women Children Face Hunger Well Too

Being a prime minister is a very demanding job. And as long as I have the strength, I will continue to do this and be of benefit to my country.

Dmitry Medvedev

Strength Job Long Country Will

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

Christo

Work Freedom Art Scream

I would have thought that I would have become one of those parents - just because it's my nature to be such a perfectionist - that anything falling short, I would have seen as a failure. But something has happened to me over the past few years - it's not Zen, believe me, I'm not at all Zen - but I'm so appreciative of even the chaos.

Brooke Shields

Nature Failure Past Parents Chaos

If you've grown up with guns, the thought that someone might take them away makes your stomach churn. They make you feel safe. If you didn't grow up with guns, if you don't know how to use them, then the thought that someone else has them makes your stomach churn.

Philipp Meyer

Thought Grow Feel Someone You Know

I'm not terribly well read. My wife forces books into my hands and insists I read them, which I'm grateful to her for. She made me read 'War and Peace.' The whole thing. It was amazing, but I had to hide it. You can't walk round reading 'War and Peace' - it's like you're in a comedy sketch and you think you're smart.

Peter Capaldi

Walk Grateful Peace Wife Smart War