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50. "I just want women to always feel in control. Because we're capable, we're so capable." — Nicki Minaj. 51. "You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are. . . .
The more things change, the more they stay the same; The only disability in life is a bad attitude – Scott Hamilton; The only way to understand a woman is to love her; The old wooden spoon beats me down; The only way to find a friend is to be one; The pen is mightier than the sword; The pot calling the kettle black
The love of Christ: It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark Park, Edmonton. Caritas Christi urget nos: The love of Christ impels us or The love of Christ drives us: The motto of the Sisters of Charity [9] Caritas in veritate: Charity in truth: Pope Benedict XVI's third ...
Proverbs are used in conversation by adults more than children, partially because adults have learned more proverbs than children. [106] [107] [108] Also, using proverbs well is a skill that is developed over years. [107] Additionally, children have not mastered the patterns of metaphorical expression that are invoked in proverb use.
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.
One copy of the Teachings of Ahiqar, dating to about 500 BCE, states, "The word is mightier than the sword." [10] According to the website Trivia Library, [12] the book The People's Almanac [11] provides another very early example from Greek playwright Euripides, who died c. 406 BCE. He is supposed to have written: "The tongue is mightier than ...
It's all in the "rizz" (AKA charisma).Rizz is a slang term that's recently been almost universally adopted and has taken social media by storm. If you have rizz, it means you have a harmonious mix ...
"Where there's a whip there's a will": Orcs driving a Hobbit across the plains of Rohan. Scraperboard illustration by Alexander Korotich, 1995 . The author J. R. R. Tolkien uses many proverbs in The Lord of the Rings to create a feeling that the world of Middle-earth is both familiar and solid, and to give a sense of the different cultures of the Hobbits, Men, Elves, and Dwarves who populate it.