quotes about Scylla
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Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly the rest of the world must belong to someone else and, therefore, in default of God, to men.
-- Elizabeth JanewaySource : Elizabeth Janeway (1971). “Man's world, woman's place: a study in social mythology”
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Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public misunderstanding.
-- Gian-Carlo RotaSource : Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz (2009). “Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy”, p.155, Springer Science & Business Media
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He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
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The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.
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Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked.
-- William Edward Hartpole LeckySource : William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1909). “The Map of Life”
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Source : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.”
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“I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Everybody thinks that I did this and I did that, but I just went along with the times.”