"We want to emulate the educated class, even if we don't think of educated people as a class these days."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Kory Stamper

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Educated Quotes

“Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for the sake of others but that she may become fully herself.”

Source : Matilda Joslyn Gage “Women, Church and State”, Library of Alexandria
“We see what we want to believe.”
“I think there's almost an expectation that it should be Theresa [May] and Boris [Johnson]. I think they'd be real surprise if it ended up with someone else.”
“In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.”
“It was clear from the beginning that I was going to be a musician.”

Source : "Andrew Gold, Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 59" by Paul Vitello, www.nytimes.com. June 7, 2011.
“There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.”
“It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.”
“I live in one of the coastal cities in Southern California, and every so often I like to take a walk down the boardwalk in Venice during the weekends when it is abuzz with lively activity.”

Source : "An Interesting Walk Through Counterculture" by Al Seckel, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.

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