Laura Cereta quotes
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“Each person should display her own particular gifts for study. For no one is safe who strives beyond her abilities; and thus it is safer to trust in reason than in men’s opinions.”
-- Laura CeretaSource : Laura Cereta (2007). “Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist”, p.40, University of Chicago Press
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“The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.”
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“For knowledge is not given as gift...but through study...The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.”
-- Laura Cereta
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”
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Source : "Adrianne Palicki: The Woman of Your Dreams". Interview with Gerilyn Manago, www.menshealth.com. March 29, 2013.
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“Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.”
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Source : "Exitmusic’s Passage Is No Secret". Interview with Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2012.
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“I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.”
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