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Nancy Astor Quotes: Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all
         

Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all


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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.



The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.



I married beneath me. All women do.

I married beneath me. All women do.



One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.



Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.



[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!



The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.



In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.



The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.



Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.

Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.





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The secular world often finds its constituents disenfranchised and solitary as it has spent a great deal of time debating the religious community while failing to build a true community of its own.

The secular world often finds its constituents disenfranchised and solitary as it has spent a great deal of time debating the religious community while failing to build a true community of its own.



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Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.



Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once.

Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor problems will be solved at once.



...and rout the magical mystical moonlight with fierce proof of its own greater power to light, to heat, to make everything known.

...and rout the magical mystical moonlight with fierce proof of its own greater power to light, to heat, to make everything known.



The more one works, the more willing one is to work.

The more one works, the more willing one is to work.



It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.



What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.

What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.



When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful.

When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful.



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