Mary Astell Quotes
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
Quotes to Explore
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
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I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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'HIM' is much more of a British, coming-of-age series, while 'Stranger Things' is very obviously a sci-fi drama.
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If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
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I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.
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Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me.
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There are 80 jobs in which women earn more than men - positions like financial analyst, speech-language pathologist, radiation therapist, library worker, biological technician, motion picture projectionist.
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If you can sing together, you can live together.
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My family is always my priority.
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Usually, if you see the environment destroyed, it’s not because that's necessary for development. It's usually because we're being lazy, and we're not being as creative as we could be about how to do it in a smarter, sustainable way.
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I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?
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The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.
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When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me, much, very much has been given. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart I shall say that life is good.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability.
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Defeat is a wonderful experience if it motivates you to never forget you're only as good as your last performance.
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One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.
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For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
