Mary Astell Quotes
If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.
Quotes to Explore
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I still have a young attitude.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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I love fierce performers.
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And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly.
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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays
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The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.
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Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.
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If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.
