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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease. ↗

— Robert Atkins

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I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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The state of my poor boy's health prevents me from leaving home for a night. ↗

— Edward Irving

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