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A lot of people will always say, 'I really know nothing about the ancient world.' But there's lots and lots of things people know. Partly, they've been encouraged to think they're ignorant about it. In some ways, the job to do is show people that they know much more than they'd like to admit.
— Mary Beard
Tags: think, job, world, people

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I was not much good as a waitress.
— Mary Beard
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You always regret upsetting people needlessly.
— Mary Beard
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What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.
— Mary Beard
Tags: thought, only, generation, me
What politicians do is they never get the rhetoric wrong, and the price they pay is they don't speak the truth as they see it. Now, I will speak truth as I see it, and sometimes I don't get the rhetoric right. I think that's a fair trade-off.
— Mary Beard
Tags: will, never, think, truth
When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.
— Mary Beard
Tags: years, practice, culture, women
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