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A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

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English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

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It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

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Every fighter has to go in there with a game plan. ↗

— Rau'Shee Warren

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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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However, most of my part, I play a pediatrician, and most of my role had to do with being in another place, staying at the hospital and trying to save kids and stay until people could come. So, it was more based on reality. ↗

— Sela Ward

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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other. ↗

— Chris Ware

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