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I was sent to a finishing school, which didnt last long when mothe

I was sent to a finishing school, which didnt last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I came out before going to a domestic science school. – Mary Wesley

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Womens courage is rather different from mens. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle. – Mary Wesley

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Courage
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That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they dont understand. – Mary Wesley

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Learning
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Were all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning. – Mary Wesley

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Learning
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The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. – Edward Teller

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When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? Its like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now when was then? – Bill Nye

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Science

The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer. Indeed the measure of our intellectual maturity, one philosopher suggests, is our capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better problems. – G.W. Allport, Becoming, 1955

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After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it. – Marie Curie

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. – Joseph Addison

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. – World Health Organization, 1948

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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters. – Cicero

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Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia. – Kevin Rudd

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