Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and observation,--the less easily they are shocked. The narrowness and bigotry of women are the result of their circumscribed sphere of thought and action.
Quotes to Explore
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.
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I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.
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I started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it's normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, 'I want to stay at home a little bit more,' but it's only the moment.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.
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Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.
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When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.
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It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.
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A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn't pay the rent, but he did that.
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Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.
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I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.
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I am a black woman, and of course, that's who I'm going to be playing, but I'm also biracial, and that's a different side of the experience.
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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
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I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
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I do not know why I chose one subject rather than another unless I believe them to be the best synthesis of my inner experience.
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
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Courtiers don’t take wagers against the king’s skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.
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Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and observation,--the less easily they are shocked. The narrowness and bigotry of women are the result of their circumscribed sphere of thought and action.
