"Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness."
-Ambrose Bierce
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"Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.“
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"I always seem to get parts where I play the sports professional - and that's not me at all!"
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