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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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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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I am going to design… a Station after my own fancy that is, with engineering roofs, etc. – Isambard K. Brunel

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Im not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths – grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic. – James Dyson

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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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The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England. – Peter Stuyvesant

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For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language. – Fabrice Luchini

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Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the “naturals,” the ones who somehow know how to teach. – Peter Drucker

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Now that Im more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that Ive bad to become more aware of my body. Since Ive chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-Ive been used to it for years, so its no problem. And theres nothing I cant do. – Dana Hill

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I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. – Enya

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