Mary Astell Quotes

Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.

Mary Astell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodBestOpinionThinkBodyWay

A good espresso to me is a little bit salty; you just become used to a good taste. Anytime I go into a new place and they don't clean their machine properly or the water temperature isn't right, it tastes awful.

Andrew Bird

GoodWaterMeYouPlaceNew

In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies.

Andrew Lau

SchoolYouUncleDarkKnowMovies

I've seen shows on Showtime, and they're very provocative, if you will, but nothing to the point that's over-the-top or gratuitous.

Megalyn Echikunwoke

YouNothingWillPointSeenVery

In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about.

John Oates

LifeRelationshipAmazingSituation

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

Robert Green Ingersoll

GreatManMindGreat ManWishTrue

Every president since Nixon has embraced a policy of 'self-determination without termination' - the idea that Native Americans are best equipped to govern themselves. Trump is breaking with this position.

Tom Perez

BestPresidentPolicyWithoutIdea

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.

Mickey Spillane

MeYouLookSaltMineStuff

Of course I could keep fighting, but every man comes to the point when he asks himself, 'Do I need it anymore?'

Mirko Cro Cop

ManFightingNeedPointKeepCourse

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

Jason Patric

PeopleActorWayDirectorEarned

The thing that fiction can do is look from the inside out rather than from the outside in. Even memoir leaves me somewhat frustrated. I think now we need a poet to uncover what isn't on the surface.

Alice McDermott

MeThinkLookNowOutsideNeed

Without imagination, there can be no genuine ardor in any pursuit or for any acquisition, and without imagination, there can be no genuine morality, no profound feeling of other men's sorrow, no ardent and persevering anxiety for their interests.

William Godwin

MenImaginationAnxietyFeeling

I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.

Priyanka Chopra

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