"The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so."

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Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.158

Harriet Martineau

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Training Quotes

“I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.”

Source : "J Mascis: 'I never took it that seriously'". Interview with Paul Lester, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2012.
“I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.”
“Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.”
“Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.”
“The reason they keep it so tight is that no one liked them, so that without each other, actually, they couldn't exist. They support each other. They support their flaws and everything else.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue.”
“I told my broker that as long as he doesn't tell me where my money should go, I won't tell him where he should go.”
“I want to have a little toy version of Morgana. I can then show it to my grandchildren one day. So I can say I used to have a waist.”

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