Mary Beard Quotes

• It doesn’t much matter what line of argument you take as a woman. If you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It’s not what you say that prompts it -
  it’s the fact that you are saying it.

  Mary Beard

  Abuse, Males, Lines

  "The Troll Slayer" by Rebecca Mead, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2014.

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• Action without study is fatal.

  Mary Beard

  Action, Study

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• Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.

  Mary Beard

  Fate, Media, Library

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• If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

  Mary Beard

  Soul, Fine, Decent

  "Mary Beard reveals she befriended Twitter trolls following online abuse" by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2014.

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• There's a difference between what I would like to have been and what I would have been. I always fantasized about being a reforming judge or prison governor (I think that the UK penal system is a disgrace) - but it's fantasy.

  Mary Beard

  Thinking, Differences, Judging

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