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• Will it be said that the judgment of a male of two years old, is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? I believe the reverse is generally observed to be true. But from that period what partiality! how is the one exalted, and the other depressed, by the contrary modes of education which are adopted! the one is taught to aspire, and the other is early confined and limited. As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.

  Judith Sargent Murray

  Brother, Believe, Hands

  Judith Sargent Murray, Sharon M. Harris (1995). “Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray”, p.6, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.

  Nan Hayworth

  Government, Profound, Decision

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• God giveth true grace to but a chosen few, however many aspire to it.

  Orville Dewey

  Grace, Chosen

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• All photographs aspire to the condition of being memorable - that is, unforgettable.

  Susan Sontag

  Photography, Memorable, Being Me

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.126, Macmillan

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• The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Sleep, Mirrors, Sublime

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• I love the idea of relationships as being the ultimate team - someone you share everything with, who completely and utterly backs you, and whom you give to completely unselfishly. It's easier said than done, but we all need something to aspire to.

  Matthew Hussey

  Team, Ideas, Giving

  "Interview With Rising Star Matthew Hussey, Bestselling Author of Get The Guy and International Love Guru". Interview with Nicole Bryl, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2013.

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• I don't know how in the twenty-first century we can possibly justify not showing girls things that they can aspire to, and at the same time, how can we possibly be showing boys this narrow vision of what women are and what they can be.

  Geena Davis

  Girl, Boys, Vision

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• I don't aspire, but I would be very happy if one of my poems suddenly offered someone a shady rest stop, a breather in our interminable march under the murderous, scorching heat of the superfluous.

  Kiki Dimoula

  Would Be, Heat, March

  Source: blog.yupnet.org

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• One who aspires to greatness should read and study, pursuing the True Way with such a firm resolve that he is perfectly straightforward and open, rises above the superficialities of conventional behavior, and refuses to be satisfied with the petty or commonplace.

  Yoshida Shoin

  Greatness, Way, Study

  "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. II, 1938.

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• It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.

  Abby Sunderland

  Kids, People, Decision

  Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• How can it be said that the weakness of the human will is aided so as to enable it to aspire effectually to the choice of good, when the fact is, that it must be wholly transformed and renewed?

  John Calvin

  Choices, Weakness, Facts

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• I strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind the writing in the sonnets, and it's very real because it's so deeply personal. I try to aspire to that in what I do.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Real, Writing, Character

  "If Music Be the Food of Love, Play on, Rufus Wainwright". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. June 25, 2016.

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• I think women's soccer is so important. Soccer is the biggest sport for little girls. It's so important for us to give these girls a dream and something they can aspire to be.

  Lauren Holiday

  Girl, Soccer, Sports

  "A conversation with U.S. Olympian Lauren Cheney". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

  William E. Simon

  Healthy, Ethical, Parasites

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• The ability to manage large assets well - it's like being Michael Jordan or winning the gold in the Olympics; it's what you aspire to.

  Louis Bacon

  Winning, Gold, Olympics

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• I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.

  Faith Ringgold

  Daughter, Men, Feminist

  Faith Ringgold, New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.), Akron Art Museum (1998). “Dancing at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection and Other Story Quilts”, p.61, Univ of California Press

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• Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.

  Walter Mosley

  Men, Sky, Black

  Walter Mosley (2013). “Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery”, p.174, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact the ideal we must aspire to, the highest point of human rationality.

  Robert Greene

  Real, Facts, Intense

  50 Cent, Robert Greene (2010). “The 50th Law”, p.46, Profile Books

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• If you aspire to be a leader of your own country, you must speak your own language, for God's sake.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Leader, Sake

  Time Interview, content.time.com. 2007.

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• ...there is no everyday activity which does not aspire to be photographed, filmed or videotaped. For there is a general desire to be endlessly remembered and endlessly repeatable.

  Vilem Flusser

  Everyday, Desire, Doe

  Vilém Flusser (2013). “Towards a Philosophy of Photography”, p.20, Reaktion Books

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• Ambitious and thought-provoking, Higher Education in America represents an informed and informative addition to ongoing debates at the national, state, and institutional levels about the aims higher education ought to aspire to and how best to achieve them.

  David M. Brown

  America, Thought Provoking, Ambitious

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• For 14 years no PM had gone to Jammu and Kashmir. Atal ji changed that and went to Jammu and Kashmir. He gave 3 Mantas- Insaniyat, Jamhuriat and Kashmiriyat (Humanity, democracy and J&K). We aspire to walk on that path

  Narendra Modi

  Years, Pms, Humanity

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• [On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.

  Katharina Zell

  Speaking Up, Baptists, Pharisees

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• Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.

  Rosario Ferre

  Country, Hero, Leader

  Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books

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• People are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact. The teachers who are making the greatest difference go far beyond meeting standardised test measures. They aspire to truly level the playing field for their students, which means inspiring a love of learning, fostering the highest levels of critical thinking, building perseverance in working towards academic excellence, and so on.

  Wendy Kopp

  Perseverance, Teacher, Real

  Source: www.economist.com

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