Mary Augusta Ward Quotes

A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one.

Mary Augusta Ward

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 11, 1851 - March 24, 1920

Topics

SchoolCountryNowFirstModern

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.

Jim Hodges

WorkReactionMakeRangeBroad

Danish is a different language, even though Danish people understand Swedes, and very few Swedes understand Danish.

Joel Kinnaman

PeopleLanguageUnderstandDifferent

I don't fit into the traditional Republican box that the wingnuts who have hijacked my party think all Republicans should.

Meghan McCain

ThinkPartyRepublicanBoxFitWho

Acting, I get to explore other people and other characters; with music, I get to express and explore myself.

Michael J. Willett

MusicMyselfPeopleActingExplore

Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.

Amanda Lindhout

WorldStoryImportantSomaliaNeeded

Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.

Tom Heinsohn

BestJumpHandWhateverUpCheer

In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.

Michael Schenker

MyselfPastMeInspireFeelingPlay

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.

Don Adams

SupportChildJokeBeenMuchSince

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

MistakeNeverSoundDiscretionMuch

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

Christopher Columbus

MathematicsIntelligenceExecution

I think that, whatever happens, I'm just happy I've written those songs and I've made an album. That's really big for me, and I'm proud of that.

Aurora

HappyMeProudThinkWhateverBig

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

Maria Mitchell

GirlAloneSocietyHerGiveCloset

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