Mary Astell Quotes
Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
Quotes to Explore
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.
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The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last to be able to do anything about it.
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I love Toronto, It's the best city.
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There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.
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I know a lot of very rich, very successful, very lonely women in Los Angeles, and I never wanted to be one of them.
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Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.
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Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
