"Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up."

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Source : Mary Astell (2002). “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”, p.67, Broadview Press

Mary Astell

#Ignorance Quotes #Vices Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“Now the kids are portrayed as dirty when they talk to an agent, a shoe guy, some hanger-on. Well, it's only natural that people are circling them - there are millions of dollars involved.”
“I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon. ... When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. ... People have told me songs I've written have changed their life. That's remarkable. That keeps your faith.”
“When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't say whatever they want to say. It doesn't mean they can't believe whatever they want to believe. Those are protected also. But businesses must serve the public. And that's a principle that we fought for in this country over many, many decades, when some were invoking religious freedom as an excuse to deny people on the basis of their race, on the basis of their religion, on the basis of sex and on the basis now of sexual orientation. Let's not confuse one thing with the other.”
“I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.”
“It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone.”
“Itâ€™s at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and Godâ€™s saying â€˜You matter! I didnâ€™t make anyone else like you. Youâ€™re not a reprint or a lithograph. Youâ€™re a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.”
“Donald Trump is still hitting all the same notes. He's making the sale. We're hearing from his aides at every event.”
“Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication”

Source : Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.25, Hachette UK

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