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These are still the years of my prime

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These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961

Was born on: 01.02.1918
About Author: Scottish novelist
Photo Source: MailOnline

It has a message

It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up.

The Driver's Seat, 1970

Impossible to persuade a man

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961

No reason to keep silent about my enjoyment

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

Loitering with Intent, 1981

Education

The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1961

Literary men like girls

...it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.

The Girls of Slender Means, 1963

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