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The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Ages Back Bible Dark Dark Ages Dated Europe Had Head Origins Practice Punishment Shaving Woman

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The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.

~Anzia Yezierska

Topics: Ages Century Children Ghetto Live Middle Middle Ages Roof Trouble Twentieth Twentieth Century Us

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Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

~Ariel Dorfman

Topics: Ages Fate Power Responsibility Secretary Through Without

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The technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the 'physical book,' a new phrase in our language - is also making the physical book capable of being more beautiful than books have been since the middle ages.

~Art Spiegelman

Topics: Ages Also Beautiful Been Being Book Books Capable Know Language Making Middle Middle Ages More New Off Our Phrase Physical Since Technology Than Them Threatens

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Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

~Arthur Smith

Topics: Ages Been Comedy Commandments Extent Hilarious Know May One-Liners Originally Quicker Than Tragedy

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Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.

~Auguste Rodin

Topics: Ages Belongs By The People Eternal Form History Joy Looked Man Moment Naked Particular People

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There's no such thing as too late. There are different roles for different ages, assuming an actress has something to offer. There aren't many Helen Mirrens and Meryl Steeps, and it takes a lot of talent to get to that level. I hope I have it. That's the model I aspire to if I'm lucky enough. It's all about luck.

~Ayelet Zurer

Topics: About Actress Ages Aspire Assuming Different Different Roles Enough Get Hope Late Level Lot Luck Lucky Many Meryl Model Offer Roles Something Takes Talent Thing Too Too Late

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I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

~Babe Ruth

Topics: Ages America Bat Be Happy Between Boy Every Glove Happy Six Sixteen Swinging Until Wearing

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Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.

~Baha'U'Llah

Topics: Affliction Ages Been Bright Hath His Light Method Past Praise Through Times

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As a young girl who was not confident in myself, I think I would tell girls of all ages that there is no one type of beauty, and looking towards one standard is the most unhealthy thing in the world.

~Barbie Ferreira

Topics: Ages Beauty Confident Girl Looking Most Myself Standard Tell Thing Think Towards Type Unhealthy Who World Would Young Young Girl I Think

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