Mary Astell Quotes
Thus, whether it be wit or beauty that a man’s in love with, there are no great hopes of a lasting happiness; beauty, with all the helps of arts, is of no long date; the more it is , the sooner it decays; and he, who only or chiefly chose for beauty, will in a little time find the same reason for another choice.
Mary Astell
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
Idina Menzel
Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
Valerie Plame
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
H. L. Mencken
We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
Larry Hogan
Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
Galileo Galilei
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
Hannah Kent
At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
Ted Turner
As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office wherein it has pleased God to place me head of the Reformed church in Scotland, I am a watchman...For that reason I am bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.
John Knox
I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.
David Rudisha
I never really cook from recipes. But the worst is when something turns out great and I can't figure out how to make it again!
Blake Lively
Photography is more than a window for me. Photography is more like a space that tries to capture situations.
Gabriel Orozco
Thus, whether it be wit or beauty that a man’s in love with, there are no great hopes of a lasting happiness; beauty, with all the helps of arts, is of no long date; the more it is , the sooner it decays; and he, who only or chiefly chose for beauty, will in a little time find the same reason for another choice.
Mary Astell
