Mary Astell Quotes

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Mary Astell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 12, 1666 - May 11, 1731

Topics

EducationIgnoranceFoundationVice

It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation.

Jess Glynne

YouCareerKnowingPrettyWorking

We are losing privacy at an alarming rate - we have none left.

John McAfee

LosingPrivacyLeftNoneRate

Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.

Meryl Streep

ChildrenChildMeRememberSituation

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

MotherWeekTelevisionYoungAwkward

The first time I listened to Coldplay, I was at a train station in Paris with my family on holiday. I put on 'Clocks' on my discman, and I fell in love.

Sigrid

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When it comes to belts and rank, I don't care what belt I am; I don't care what rank I am. I'm proud that I've achieved high ranks through some great instructors around the world, but ultimately, the mat doesn't lie.

Jason David Frank

GreatLieI AmWorldProudCare

If the Philippines must remain under the control of Spain, they will necessarily have to be transformed in a political sense, for the course of their history and the needs of their inhabitants so require.

Jose Rizal

HistoryControlPoliticalWillSpain

Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain.

Jonathan Mayhew

PeopleStupidFindComplainMust

It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.

Donna Tartt

WorkPeopleMeWritingInfluence

It doesn't matter where it is in the world or who I'm making the movie with; that's the closest thing that I've got to a sense of placement.

Anya Taylor-Joy

WorldMatterWhereGotSenseWho

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Richard Dawkins

FaithSimpleBlindMemeInquiryOwn

I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

FreedomI AmDieWantNationUsed

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