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What I find very interesting is, we're not enthralled by the ancient world, and we've escaped all kinds of ancient preconceptions and assumptions and prejudices. But, nevertheless, we still make that connection between authoritative speech and male speech.
— Mary Beard
Tags: find, interesting, speech, world

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I was not much good as a waitress.
— Mary Beard
Tags: much, good
You always regret upsetting people needlessly.
— Mary Beard
Tags: always, regret, people, you
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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