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Quote by Mary Astell
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a h

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband? – Mary Astell

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How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

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respect
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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Wisdom
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Luck is the residue of design. – Branch Rickey

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We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets. – David Milne

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Id like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right. – Brad Pitt

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I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around. – Giambattista Valli

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Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn. – Leo Tolstoy, to Nikolay Strakhov

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