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best-practices cost reduction
Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices. Carlos Ghosn
best great players recruit
We want to recruit the very best players in the country. That's why we're here right now: We have great players. Ben Howland
best best-friends country help parallel people president reassure situation states truly united united-states
We want to reassure the president and the people of the United States that we are their best friends and their neighbour, and we will be there to help them in a situation that truly is without parallel in our country or theirs, Anne McLellan
best changes
We want to quicken the game. We think these changes are the best way of doing it. Jerry Colangelo
best floor given happen players teams
We want to put our best players on the floor at any given time. Some teams happen to be guard-oriented like us. Ritchie McKay
best group large players push time until work
We want to push that back. It would be best for us to work with a large group of players for longer. Hopefully, we'll have time until shortly before the tournament. Juergen Klinsmann
best chances creating entertainment fans means possible provide team winning
We want to provide the best possible entertainment for our fans and that means creating a winning team and maximizing their chances of success. Richard Clarke
best execute point
We have to get to the point where we find out what we do best and execute it to a 'T,' Sam Cowart
best inside internet kids utilize
We have to get our kids to utilize the best Internet filter, and that's the one inside their heads. Parry Aftab
brave contrast faces fact present qualities run scream stand trying
We were trying to contrast each other a little bit. We wanted to present different qualities as brothers, but also have similarities ... like the fact that we wouldn't stand with these brave faces in the face of danger. We would scream like little girls, cower and run away. Heath Ledger
brave-person benefits persons
It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't. Alan Sugar
brave-face bird faces
Tomorrow, the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life. Charlie Chaplin
brave fact game men millions national none places reason women
The fact is that we get to play a game for millions of dollars, and to get to play on national TV. And the reason why is we have brave men and women who are doing things in places that none of us would ever want to go to. Bryce Fisher
brave bravery be-brave
Come on, somebody be brave. Dave Gould
bravery soldier important
I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise. James Wolfe
brave bravery risk
I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk. Alain Prost
brave intuition wonderful
Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you'll discover will be wonderful: yourself. Alan Alda
brave enough be-brave
Be brave enough to live creatively. Alan Alda
country believe thinking
I think Americans want to believe in this country again. Carol Moseley Braun
country mean fighting
I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. ... To me, that means making certain that the fight to preserve our civil liberties is waged, making certain the fight against discrimination is waged, making certain that women have opportunity in this country. Carol Moseley Braun
country bolivia
Bolivia is not yet a country of equals. Carlos Mesa
country america people
America is such a great country, we have fat poor people. Carlos Mencia
country white apologizing
I'm not white, I don't apologize for what my country did to become great Carlos Mencia
country law people
People are always trading their excess for somebody else's excess. One country has a lot of aluminum so they trade aluminum for sugar. It's the law of supply and demand. Carl Andre
country thinking talking
Why should your majesty think it? My own plans are made. While I may, I sail East in Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I row East in my coracle. When that sinks, shall I paddle East with my four paws. Then, when I can swim no longer, if I have not yet reached Aslan's Country, there shall I sink with my nose to the sunrise... and Peepiceek will be head of Talking Mice in Narnia C. S. Lewis
country religion one-day
He'll be coming and going" he had said. "One day you'll see him and another you won't. He doesn't like being tied down--and of course he has other countries to attend to. It's quite all right. He'll often drop in. Only you mustn't press him. He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion. C. S. Lewis
country interest premier time
We have said for a long time that if the premier made this announcement we would stop. We are not stubborn, we have the interest of the country in mind. Chamlong Srimuang
energy conquer idiocy
It takes all the time and all the energy we have to conquer the idiocy in us Carlos Castaneda
energy pick whenever
Whenever they lack. I have to pick it up. I?m an energy guy. So that?s what I have to do. Charles Thomas
energy game great guys home last regular season win
We wanted to win this game pretty bad. It's the last home game of the regular season for the fans. It's our 20th win at home, which is something we wanted, too. The young guys did a great job. There was a lot of energy out of those guys, and we got a big win. Jarret Stoll
energy needs source
We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy. Charlie Dent
energy gasoline good hike included leaves mark news past question three weeks
The CPI was good news but still leaves that question mark about energy prices. The gasoline hike of the past three weeks was not included in it. Peter Cardillo
energy five larger problem six themselves whose
The problem with making larger movies, five or six months, is that whose got the energy to keep themselves in that place for so long? Aaron Eckhart
energy invisible issue market prices rising tax
The real issue is that energy prices keep rising -- it's like an invisible tax on the market and the consumer. Douglas Altabef
energy tone took
We set the tone right away and took the energy out them early. Tony Bina
energy felt good looking open private school spent successful time willing
We know being a successful private school that we're under a watchful eye. We were very willing and open for the investigation. They spent a lot of time and energy looking at us, and we felt good about the investigation. Greg Todd
fighting honor beats
Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that? Carol Moseley Braun
fighting
I like fighting. I get into rows all the time. Carlos Fuentes
fighting years goes-on
Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up they were so used to quarreling and making it up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently. C. S. Lewis
fight games obviously season week win
We have to get better. This is a long season and you fight every week to win games and get better. And obviously we're not getting better on punt returns. Dennis Northcutt
fight focus game next ready
We have to focus on the next game and not think about UAB or the tournament. We got them down there so they're going to be ready to fight us here. We have to get ready for UCF. Mark Patton
fight
We have never had a fight with the Serbian people. Madeline Albright
fighting left people
We want people to know that Como's not going to be a dumping ground. The drugs left a stigma, but we're fighting that. John Hudson
fighting men joy
Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man ... the highest joy is to fight by the side of those who for any reason of their own making or ours, are unable to develop to full human stature. Agnes Smedley
fighting would-be dull
If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be made and you would have nothing to fight against. Life would be dull as ditchwater. Alan Sillitoe
force trying
We were trying to force things too much. We were too impatient. Chris Brady
force gentleness
Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force! Charlotte Bronte
force gulf mexico nature seen
We've seen the Gulf of Mexico relocate. The force of nature is something to behold. Randy Roach
force run shall
We shall run independently ... We shall run as an independent and self-supporting force. Yulia Tymoshenko
force game hard running start stuff tone tough
We set the tone from the start of the game that we were going to play hard and make it tough on them. We were able to force them out of a lot of stuff that they were running comfortably in the first game. R. Robinson
forced great lines producers production recreate relive shooting stuff
Working on 'Laguna' was great because just being in production and shooting stuff and having to go back and relive some things, and there were some lines here and there that the producers would want us to say, and just kind of, you're forced to recreate moments, and just working on the show was so much fun. Stephen Colletti
forced producing sort work
I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing. Thomas Ian Nicholas
force guys masculine older room sound standing
But I will say that Harve Presnell... he was one of those guys who, when you're standing in a room with him... he's such an older masculine force that I remember thinking, 'Wow, his voice makes me sound like Pee-Wee Herman.' Tony Hale
forced lower
Ultimately, the ECB will lower rates. I don't think they wanted to be forced into doing it. Jeremy Stretch
freedom history african-american
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. Carol Moseley Braun
freedom touching perception
The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable. Carlos Castaneda
free half help human
We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half Emmeline Pankhurst
free strong
We have to find some strong safeties and free safeties. Johnny Thomas
free line throw trying
We were trying to get to the free throw line at the end of the (second) half. We couldn't get there. Beth Young
free guy hand start terrific totally
We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a hand in his face. He's a terrific player. Jerry Sloan
freedom fear pain
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine
freedom loss people
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan K. Simpson
freedom science blood
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. Alan Kay
freedom history african-american
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. Carol Moseley Braun
freedom touching perception
The third point of reference is freedom of perception; it is intent; it is spirit; the somersault of thought into the miraculous; the act of reaching beyond our boundaries and touching the inconceivable. Carlos Castaneda
freedom fear pain
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine
freedom loss people
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan K. Simpson
freedom science blood
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. Alan Kay
freedom women equality
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience. Charlotte Bronte
freedom government civilization
Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government. Charles Sumner
freedom men break-through
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. Charles de Gaulle
freedom political-will order
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. Charles de Gaulle
greater interest name sum
We have no interest in a name on a masthead. With any partnership, you want the whole to be greater than the sum of the parts. Doug MacGregor
greater hoping oftentimes process public understanding
The process is oftentimes too mysterious, and the public has a right to know. We're hoping that there will be a greater understanding of the process. Rick Costa
greater outcome people policy suffering unseen
The outcome of your Greater Serbian hegemonic policy is the unseen suffering of the people of this unfortunate country, Slobodan Milosevic
greater high
Poul Anderson's 'The High Crusade' may have had a greater impact on my development as a writer than any other book I ever read. Eric Flint
greater life maybe might next parts phase possible women wonderful writer
I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? Karen Allen
greater inflame piece potential value
the potential to inflame is greater than the value of the piece itself. Bob Zelnick
greater market moderation pace rates seeing slightly
We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected. Richard Segal
greater successes suffers
Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be. Lucio Tan
greater meet size
With this size pond, we get a greater dilution factor, so we will be able to meet those standards. Tom King
guarantee picking respect state team third
We were a team without a lot of respect all year. I guarantee there wasn't many picking us third (in the state tournament). Chris Allred
guarantees-that two literature
A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match. Charles Dickens
guarantee happen seen strange time
We've seen some strange things happen at the end. This time around doesn't guarantee anything in the future, but this time around we didn't have any strange things happen. John Bunting
guarantee held immunity people president stop united
We're here to say that the killing has to stop and we're not going away. We want people to be held accountable and just because someone's president of the United States, it doesn't guarantee them immunity from accountability. Cindy Sheehan
guarantee national program
This program is going to get that national championship banner, I guarantee it. Jessica Foley
guarantees-that uncharted-waters immigration
This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or that amnesty will work. We are headed into uncharted waters. Charles Schumer
guarantees truth-is great-marriage
The truth is you can have a great marriage, but there are still no guarantees. Demi Moore
guarantees-that guarantees want
Money is a guarantee that we can have what we want in the future Aristotle
guarantees prognosis knows
You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis. Elizabeth Edwards
helping-others people fields
I love what I do on the field and that takes a lot of my time. But I also make time to help other people because a lot are not as fortunate as I am. Carlos Delgado
help latinos people rest
We want people to know Latinos help not only Latinos, but the rest of the people. Andres Perez
helping-someone achievement saving
Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible. Charles Stanley
help next players playing prepare pressure schedule spring together tough trying
We have purposefully put together a tough spring schedule to help us prepare for next fall. We are trying to get our players used to playing in pressure situations. Sasho Cirovski
help last phantoms played players year
We have players who played for the Phantoms last year who do a lot of things really well that are going to help us, Ken Hitchcock
help looking past played players using
We have played the 3-4 some in the past and are looking at using it more. We think it will help us get some of our better players on the field. Darrell Dickey
help speed wonderful
We have a wonderful opportunity, a long way to go, to get our presentation up to speed with our competition. This will help us do some of that. Eric Hyman
help
The expectations are here, they want to (repeat) again. I want to help as much as I can to do it again. Javier Vazquez
help innovation intrigue marry means officials players strategy tradition
There are a lot of constituencies we want to help: the players, the officials and the fans. This means more help for the officials, more strategy for the players and more intrigue for the fans. We need to marry tradition with innovation. Arlen Kantarian
honor integrity means mission necessary white willing
When your mission is to "restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary Paul Begala
honor
One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. Charles de Lint
honor fickle opinion
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. Charles Caleb Colton
honored idols people work
The real idols . . . are the people who work for Polk Works. I'm honored by this. Larry Miller
honor period realized university wear widely
Ultimately, he was widely outvoted. We had to wear him down over a period of time. Finally, I think he realized there wasn't a whole lot he could say about that if that was the way the university wanted to honor him. John Swofford
honor sacred noble
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. David McCullough
honor lost memory seven
We are here to honor the memory of seven lost explorers, Dick Cheney
honor albums robotics
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics. Alan Parsons
honor
Honors to me now are not what they once were. Chester A. Arthur
men position-of-power promise
Men, if you are in a position of power or authority, please respectfully continue to mentor and work with talented individuals and those with promise, regardless if they are men or women. Carol Roth
men decision stuff
All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff. Carol Leifer
men doors white
It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door. Carol Moseley Braun
men talking years
I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed 'Countdown in Leeds,' which was scary. It was sad as he'd been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV. Carol Vorderman
men men-and-women
The women I have loved I have desired for themselves, but also because I feared myself. Carlos Fuentes
men self enemy
Self importance is man's greatest enemy. Carlos Castaneda
men metaphysical ifs
Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad. Carlos Castaneda
men world life-is
We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds. Carlos Castaneda
men inventory energy
The greatest flaw of human beings is to remain glued to the inventory of reason. Reason doesn't deal with man as energy. Reason deals with instruments that create energy, but it has never seriously occurred to reason that we are better than instruments: we are organisms that create energy. We are bubbles of energy. Carlos Castaneda
men-and-women understand
A misanthrope I can understand - a womanthrope never Oscar Wilde
military planning-ahead planning-things
Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. Alan Lakein
military mean people
In its proper constitutional sense, the term [militia] means all the able-bodied people who can be trained and disciplined to act in the community’s defence when it’s attacked. Since it encompasses every able-bodied person, it does not refer to those—such as the police, the military, or even the National Guard—who formally compose the official defence forces of the nation. Every citizen able and willing to act in an emergency becomes a potential defender against attacks aimed at the general population. Alan Keyes
military war risk
In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly. Charles de Gaulle
military destiny instruments
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny. Charles de Gaulle
military rain weather
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. Charles de Gaulle
military people diplomats
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro. Charles de Gaulle
military drinking and-love
The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making. Charles Dickens
military opportunity land
American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Charles Stanley
military kids kentucky
His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky. David Morrell
realize taken
I think sometimes when things are taken away, then you don't realize how much fun it is to come out here and play this game. You can't play it forever, so I'm going to enjoy it. Tim Tebow
realize saying tv until
I didn't realize I was the 'fat' sister until I went on TV and the media started saying that about me. Khloe Kardashian
realized shows
When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going to shows and realized we really wanted to be on stage. Joel Madden
realized source technology
When I first got into technology I didn't really understand what open source was. Once I started writing software, I realized how important this would be. Matt Mullenweg
realize
She makes me have fun. I don't even realize I'm learning, but I am, David Berry
realize work
We are getting better the more we work on this. We realize we have a lot of work going on out there. Bob Elek
realize ruler value
Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old Burmese Proverb
realize
But we didn't realize that it was going to be that temporary. Tim Ferguson
realized time work
For years I've wanted to find some guys that I could work with, because I realized a long time ago that I can do a lot of things other than Aerosmith. Joe Perry
remains
We have cut the text, but what remains are Shakespeare's words. Edward Hall
remain resolution stock until
Until we see some resolution of these issues, I think Merck and Pharmacia's stock will remain under pressure, Hemant Shah
remained tempted
Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous. Max Heindel
remains whether
Whether this is sustainable remains to be seen. Tim Heekin
remains incomparable values
There remains an experience of incomparable value. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
remain
We're just going to have to find the right person out there with the right information. They can remain anonymous. Capt. Boney
remain sector state
I don't think you can write the state sector off. They will remain a big contributor to GDP. Li Hui
remain talk
I didn't want to talk to them. I had a right to remain silent. Saudi Arabia
remains
I don't know. That remains to be seen. Marty Schottenheimer
remember-you remembers-you eggs
You're a mere chick. I remember you when you were a egg. Don't come trying to teach me, sir. Crabs and crumpets! C. S. Lewis
remembers-you remember-you picks
Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing. Charlie Chaplin
remember foolish gentle
How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves Charles Spurgeon
remember sometimes about-yourself
Sometimes you can know things. Things about yourself. Things from before you can remember. Diane Setterfield
remember moments
You dont remember days, you remember moments Cesare Pavese
remember
I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
remember let-me-go ifs
Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
remember special
We are here to remember just how special they were to us, Christian Church
remember
No one remembers how you got there, only that you got there. Jason Calacanis
spreading wide word
We're begging. We're going after any organization that will give us money. We're spreading the word wide and far, Joe Sims
spreading start
That comes with time. When you've got a young quarterback, a new quarterback with the system, the more comfortable he gets, the more he'll start spreading it around. Darryl Drake
spreading
We're visualizing spreading it around a little bit, Allan Hale
spreading
The old way of doing things was just spreading us too thin. Katsuhiko Machida
spreading throughout
Avian influenza is a big threat. It is spreading throughout the world. Dr. Nabarro
thank-you dog writing
Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog. Alan K. Simpson
thank-you answers doe
It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer. Charlotte Bronte
thank-god playing-music enjoy
I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music. Charlie Daniels
thanksgiving thankful gratitude
Reflect upon your present blessings Charles Dickens
thankfulness littles
Thankfulness makes much of little. Charles Spurgeon
thank-you rocks three
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. Rob Sheffield
thank-god thanks thanks-god
When someone thanks God, I don't get offended. Ricky Gervais
thankful-to-god mercy
I remain thankful to God for all his mercies. David Mitchell
thank-you trying special
We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons. Bruce Vento
today garbage ordinary
Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein
today dishes britain
Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala. Aasif Mandvi
today problem killing
Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem. Brent Scowcroft
today language sometimes
Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. Diane Wakoski
today states form
States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today. David Graeber
today
Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself. Byron Katie
today
We are here today because we want to be responsible stewards of the surplus, Olympia Snowe
today facts roles
Today Charles Darwin is best known for establishing the fact of evolution and for recognizing the major role of natural selection in driving it. Jared Diamond
today lasts next
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem. Alan Perlis
women sophie world
Sophie Germain proved to the world that even a woman can accomplish something in the most rigorous and abstract of sciences and for that reason would well have deserved an honorary degree. Carl Friedrich Gauss
women soul secret
Woman is quick to revere genius, but in her secret soul she seldom loves it. Agnes Repplier
women secret-love doe
It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication. Charlotte Bronte
women moral walks
A woman set on anything will walk right through the moral crockery without wincing. Charles Dudley Warner
women imagination sentimental
Women are not as sentimental as men, and are not so easily touched with the unspoken poetry of nature, being less poetical, and having less imagination; they are more fitted for practical affairs, and would make fewer failures in business. Charles Dudley Warner
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment. Charles Caleb Colton
women flower sun
Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys. Charles Caleb Colton
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity. Charles Caleb Colton
women intellectual female
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male. Charles Caleb Colton