Millicent Fawcett Quotes
The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!
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Still to this day, I don't know when I write something whether it's good or not.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.
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ArcGIS includes a Living Atlas of the World. It's like a large living library of geographic information.
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When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?
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When I read in US Weekly the other day that she was fifty-nine, ... I was like, 'whoa, dude, no way she's old enough to be my mother.' Being with somebody that old is like committing incest, only you're not related.
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I feel good about how we're trying to get better defensively.
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Yes to trade, but trade that ensures that these other countries that trade with us aren't engaging in child labor.
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It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.
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I've never believed the charter movement was exclusively for socially and economically disadvantaged kids.
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The number one cause of unfulfilled potential is never deciding that NOW matters more than any other time in your life.
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If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.
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Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.
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The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women.
