Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor is a Canadian-born historian based in the United Kingdom, specialising in Enlightenment history, gender studies and the history of subjectivity. She is Professor of Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London...
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I came here to show resentment to ... lesbians and homosexuals coming to our shores. I saw with my own eyes two people kissing. I'm upset with the government for allowing them to come here.
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I didn't think we were going to make it out alive and if it weren't for a perfect stranger with a boat, all I can say is thank God for him.
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About seven years ago we decided to have our charitable event benefit the Marshall Fountain Clinic, ... It serves our entire county ... and our members thought it would be a good place for the money to go.
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They didn't just stumble upon my house or my family. All we asked for is cooperation. Their lack of cooperation is disturbing.
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Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
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We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.
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Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.
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The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.
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Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays
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In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
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My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.
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Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases
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Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.