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> [In general, I never think it is a good idea to try to recreate past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for better or worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/in-general-i-never-think-it-is-a-good-idea-to-try-to-recreate-past/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

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## More by Mary Beard

> [I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/i-receive-something-we-might-euphemistically-call-an-inappropriately/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [We have never escaped a certain male cultural desire for women's silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/we-have-never-escaped-a-certain-male-cultural-desire-for-women-s/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [“defend women’s right to be wrong, at least occasionally.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/defend-women-s-right-to-be-wrong-at-least-occasionally/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [You don't overturn x-thousand years of patriarchy in a generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/you-don-t-overturn-x-thousand-years-of-patriarchy-in-a-generation/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [“we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/we-have-no-template-for-what-a-powerful-woman-looks-like-except-that/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [“(In the Afghan parliament, apparently, they disconnect the mics when they don’t want to hear the women speak).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/in-the-afghan-parliament-apparently-they-disconnect-the-mics-when/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [I've chosen to be this way because that's how I feel comfortable with myself. That's how I am. It's about joining up the dots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/i-ve-chosen-to-be-this-way-because-that-s-how-i-feel-comfortable-with/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [People who exploit others come to spend an enormous amount of energy wondering about and justifying that exploitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/people-who-exploit-others-come-to-spend-an-enormous-amount-of-energy/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [Wherever possible, I try to see things from the other side of the dividing line and to read civilisation 'against the grain.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/wherever-possible-i-try-to-see-things-from-the-other-side-of-the/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/i-remember-plastering-the-kitchen-with-black-power-pictures-of-angela/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [“thinking about power as an attribute or even a verb (‘to power’), not as a possession.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/thinking-about-power-as-an-attribute-or-even-a-verb-to-power-not-as-a/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/if-women-are-not-perceived-to-be-fully-within-the-structures-of-power/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/when-it-comes-to-silencing-women-western-culture-has-had-thousands-of/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [I think that what will help women get into positions of power - well, day nurseries, equal pay, family-friendly working hours. And I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/i-think-that-what-will-help-women-get-into-positions-of-power-well/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

> [“One of its (civilisations) most powerful weapons has always been 'barbarity': 'we' know that 'we' are civilised by contrasting ourselves with those we deem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/one-of-its-civilisations-most-powerful-weapons-has-always-been/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

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