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I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle. – Maria Mitchell

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We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. – Maria Mitchell

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Knowledge
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Maria Mitchell
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I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment. – Maria Mitchell

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Learning
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True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. – Theodor Adorno

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alone

Ive performed solo for 20 years now, but I dont do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music. – Steve Lacy

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alone

When I get into bed at night, I hope I dont get into it alone! – Calvin Klein

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alone

I have to be alone very often. Id be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. Thats how I refuel. – Audrey Hepburn

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alone

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When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting. Before going into a fire, theres the same surge of adrenaline you get just before the camera rolls. – Steve Buscemi

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Im frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. Ive never tasted it. – Alfred Hitchcock

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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing – good for our political culture. – Jon Meacham

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The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness. – W.E.B. DuBois

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