Mary Beard

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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You have to do what you feel comfortable with.

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feel , comfortable
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You don't overturn x-thousand years of patriarchy in a generation.

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overturn , years , patriarchy
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You cannot easily fit women into a structure that is already coded as male; you have to change the structure.

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cannot , easily , fit
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You can't always worry about offending people.

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always , worry , offending
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You can hardly be a classicist and not be interested in theatre.

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hardly , interested
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You always regret upsetting people needlessly.

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always , regret , upsetting
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Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'

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wherever , try , see
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When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.

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silencing , western , culture
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When I am making a TV show, I am looking for engagement, not admiration.

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making , tv , looking
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We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence.

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never , escaped , certain
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There's plenty of firm evidence for ethnic diversity in Roman Britain.

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plenty , firm , evidence
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There is nothing inherently conservative in the ancient world.

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nothing , inherently , conservative
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There is no argument that I won't take seriously.

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argument , take
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The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.

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web , also , voice
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The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.

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thing , being , university