Mary Astell Quotes
If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

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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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An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.
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Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.
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I try to say goodbye and I choke Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not here
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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We don't believe in a world of us versus them; we look at the world as all of us together.
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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.