Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness.Mary Wollstonecraft
Quotes to Explore
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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
Eddie Izzard -
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
Eduardo Chillida -
The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
Hamid Karzai -
When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu -
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
Samuel Dash -
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
Ian Mckellen -
I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
Jack Wild -
There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
Dan Hicks -
I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
Garrett Dillahunt -
Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
Camilo Villegas -
I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
Rafael Nadal
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Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
Jaclyn Smith -
I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
Magdalena Neuner -
I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!
Haley Webb -
According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
Naguib Mahfouz -
What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln
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In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.
Joe Biden -
Most of my teachers when I grew up were like older white women. So, I couldn't really channel them.
Aziz Ansari -
Aren't I enough for you?' she asked. 'No,' he said. 'You are enough for me, as far as a woman is concerned. You are all women to me. But I wanted a man friend, as eternal as you and I are eternal.' (Women in Love)
D. H. Lawrence -
What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.
Michael Caine -
On one level, of course, the notion of judging films or books or music against each other is completely ridiculous. Who's to say '12 Years A Slave' is a better film than 'The Wolf of Wall Street'? Or that one album in a certain genre is better than another in a completely different genre?
John Niven -
It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness.
Mary Wollstonecraft