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"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"
"The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray."
"You'll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful."
"Your impact on the lives of others--your family, the people at your church, your workmates--is cultivated with each decision you make, no matter how small."
"Other people influence your life through their actions and thoughts."
"In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an author who has an h-index = 2 obtained on the basis of two published papers of which each is cited twenty times is more influential than an author who has an h-index = 3 obtained on the basis of three published papers of which each is cited three times."
"Followers, followers. Sometimes, with some things, it's best to keep your tally down."
Explore more quotes by Mary Wesley
"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."
"Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle."
"Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse."
"Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety."
"A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring."
"We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning."
"Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me."
"My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20."
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