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It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#baker #become #compelled #craft #curious

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. ↗

— Mary Astell

#being #born #fit #happiness #happy

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. ↗

— Mary Astell

#afterwards #debarred #infancy #their #those

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#genre #great #hear #help #i

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#marriage #philosophy #death

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#dallas #get #i #recognized #usually

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#age #apt #class #class distinctions #democratic

The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon. ↗

— John Astin

#association #difficult #feedback #get #gomez

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason. ↗

— John Astin

#called #complex #conventional #could #deep

I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#been #i #lucky #started #still