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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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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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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – 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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Ive wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way Ive played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, Ive always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it. – Jack Nicklaus

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French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism. – Christian Lacroix

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In two days, its hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project. – Douglas Wilson

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