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“I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.”

Elizabeth Blackwell · Sad

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Elizabeth Blackwell

The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.

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Elizabeth Blackwell

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel.

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Dakota Fanning

No not really, it is just like real life. Not everyday you are happy and not everyday you are sad.

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Jim Broadbent

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

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