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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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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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Knowledge
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Mary Astell
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We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Informd what is the true Way to Happiness. – Mary Astell

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Happiness
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Mary Astell
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Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy. – Bill Gates

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The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far weve come from the cuddly old Im Feeling Lucky Google days, in which there was a foreseeably-astonishing delight in the way Googles evolving design tricks anticipated what users would like. – James Fallows

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A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life. – Charlie Byrd

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Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. – Kenzo Tange

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