Growing Quote by Maria Mitchell

“Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.” quote by Maria Mitchell — Download Open image

“Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.”

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In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women…

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That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

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There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

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There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in…

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I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce…

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The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but…

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The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We learn to live in the universe as a part of it; we cannot seperate ourselves from it - our every act connects us with it - our every act affects the whole. Standing under the canopy…

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“Truth or myth, it is only for me to know. Come with me into the rich texture of Bizco's kingdom.”

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The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to…

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People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

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Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy to imagine a future in which growing numbers of cities have their frail and long-neglected infrastructures knocked out by disasters and then are left to rot, their core services never repaired or rehabilitated.

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I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled…

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Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

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I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,…

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Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have…

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I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing…

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Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different…

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I think kids growing up, if they were picked on and feeling inferior at 12, they're going to feel that way at 72. You…

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I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole…

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