"At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general."
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"At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand."
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"I first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known her about ever since I could remember anything at all."
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"The first fifteen minutes of your day should be spent planning your day. Set specific goals as to what you will accomplish. These clear goals will give you focal points on which you can govern your actions and provide your with a template you can live your day from."
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"I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities."
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"At least no one's trying to kill anyone. Give them about fifteen minutes"
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"We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Sometimes we are too close to the scene, to see clearly. We "know" ourselves so well that we cannot see how we are perceived by others. Our opinion of ourselves is only "one" opinion and it may not be the truth."
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"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine... But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine."
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"I might have it at six-fifteen a.m. just as soon as I get in, but usually it's about eleven o'clock when I'll have a glass of sherry."
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"At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise."
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"Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie." Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?" "Sure. Can I have some money?"
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