Mary Astell Quotes

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

Mary Astell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SoulSelfSheHerCreatorThing

It is often pointed out to me that, in a brief time, I have gone from unknown film editor to star of 'Gomer Pyle,' guest star in two TV specials, and a night club headliner, and that this must necessarily have wrought some deep changes in me.

Jim Nabors

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I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

Anita Hill

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Life's picking up speed.

Jeff Bridges

LifeSpeedUpPicking

We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world.

John W. Snow

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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Ambrose Bierce

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As everyone knows, I have never been a fan of George Bush's presidency.

Tom Tancredo

NeverEveryonePresidencyBeenFan

When you're making a print book in 2012, I actually think the onus is on you - and on your publisher - to make something that's worth buying in its physical edition.

Robin Sloan

BookThinkWorthYouBuyingPrint

I didn't wake up one day and think, 'I'm not going to have children.' My mother was a housewife and brought up three children, so I just thought it would happen.

Michelle Paver

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I like traveling, eating, and relaxing at home.

Mohit Chauhan

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Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

Lisel Mueller

MeWritingLanguageAlwaysSomething

A lot of groups get dirty deals. They work hard and have to get a job after their career is over.

Johnny Van Zant

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When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.

Pina Bausch

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