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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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I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. – 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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Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. – Simon Raven

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Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone. – Laurence J. Peter

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Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. – Jesus Christ

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I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence. – Robert Cormier

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I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college. – Mark Kennedy

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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand

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