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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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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell

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Education
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Mary Astell
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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. – Mary Astell

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In regards to being a fashion aficionado, theres a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person cant completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful. – St. Vincent

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I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So its often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation. – Pharrell Williams

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By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size. – Steven Chu

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I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. – Jim Henson

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