Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun!
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I was living at home with my parents and went out with young men who continually put me down, saying, 'Didn't you know that You're so ignorant.'Mary Wesley
That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.
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I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.
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My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead.
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You know what it's like to persuade a pigheaded child to do something they don't want to. If they hear the same suggestion from someone else, they'll go right off and do it.
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