"We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us."

-- Maria Edgeworth

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“My grandfather used to say, "Learn to like art, music and literature deeply and passionately. They will be your friends when things are bad". It is true: at this time of year, when days are short and dark, and one hardly dares to open the newspapers, I turn, not vainly either, to the great creators of the past for distraction, solace and help.”
“They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.”
“Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global...”
“Youâ€™re allowed to believe in a god. Youâ€™re allowed to believe unicorns live in your shoes for all I care. But the day you start telling me how to wear my shoes so I donâ€™t upset the unicorns, I have a problem with you. The day you start involving the unicorns in making decisions for this country, I have a BIG problem with you.”
“We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.”
“When greater perils men inviron, Then women show a front of iron; And, gentle in their manner, they Do bold things in a quiet way.”

Source : Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
“I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.”
“Any time I'm on-screen it is realistic because I don't pull my punches or anything like that.”

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