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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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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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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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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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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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners.
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The situation of the Old Left was the theory of Socialist Realism, etc. It seemed pointless to argue. We stayed carefully away from people who wrote for the New Masses.
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If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When you're on television, you're removed from that.
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When men hold the greater majority of all professional positions of power, it is impossible for a woman to advance her career without the support of men.
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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.
