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"We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to."

"We used to look at Felipe as our guiding man that we listened to."

Juan Marichal, American Athlete

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"All those men have their price."

"All those men have their price."

Robert Walpole, British Statesman

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"Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world."

"Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world."

Richard Armour, American Poet

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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Man, Men, Blessings, Fatigue, Freedom

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"The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects."

"The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects."

Jean Savarin, French Lawyer

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"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."

"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."

Peter Benchley, American Author

Man, Oceans, Rain, Respect

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"Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington."

"Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

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"How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare."

"How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Man, Men, Labor, Salvation

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"In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women."

"In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women."

Theodor Reik, American Psychologist

Man, Men, Women, Civilization, Will

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"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."

"If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me."

Ted Williams, American Athlete

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"Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives."

"Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

Man, Men, Knowledge, Building, Principles

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"Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability."

"Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability."

Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician

Man, Men, Ability, Class

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"The man who does ill must suffer ill."

"The man who does ill must suffer ill."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions."

"Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Man, Today, Want

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"You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them."

"You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it."

"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Man, Misery, Nothing

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"America is a land where men govern, but women rule."

"America is a land where men govern, but women rule."

John Mason Brown, American Critic

Man, Men, Women, America, Land

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"It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be found, that will lend; the Legislative must provide a Fund to borrow upon."

"It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be found, that will lend; the Legislative must provide a Fund to borrow upon."

Dudley North, English Economist

Man, Men, Money, Time, Interest

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"It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope."

"It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope."

Arthur Baer, American Humorist

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"Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous."

"Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous."

Mark Caine, American Author

Man, Planning, Will

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"Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own."

"Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

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"I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses."

"I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Man, Pity, Senses

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"Beware of a man with manners."

"Beware of a man with manners."

Eudora Welty, American Author

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"No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."

"No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do."

"'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

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"He who hates vice hates men."

"He who hates vice hates men."

John Morley, British Statesman

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"A peaceful man does more good than a learned one."

"A peaceful man does more good than a learned one."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

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"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."

"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."

C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist

Man, Men, Visions

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"Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings."

"Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings."

Kenny Hickey, American Musician

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"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."

"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike provided they can make money out of them, is to me repulsive."

"Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike provided they can make money out of them, is to me repulsive."

Henry Cabot Lodge, American Politician

Man, Men, Money, Countries

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"If a man has done his best, what else is there?"

"If a man has done his best, what else is there?"

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

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"We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes."

"We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people."

"I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

Man, Men, People, Blood

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"I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so."

"I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

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"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Man, Men, Appearance

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"Don't have a cow, man."

"Don't have a cow, man."

Matt Groening, American Cartoonist

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"Men get laid, but women get screwed."

"Men get laid, but women get screwed."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Man, Men, Women

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"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance."

"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance."

Laurence J. Peter, Canadian Writer

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"I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist."

"I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest."

"You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest."

Rowan Atkinson, English Comedian

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"Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were."

"Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were."

Andre Malraux, French Author

Man, Wishes, World

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"The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds."

"The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

Man, Men, People, Ideas, First

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"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Man, Men, Time, Battle, Enemy

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"Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in."

"Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in."

Katherine Whitehorn, British Journalist

Man, Trying, Woman

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"I can throw out any man alive."

"I can throw out any man alive."

Johnny Bench, American Athlete

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"It is in games that many men discover their paradise."

"It is in games that many men discover their paradise."

Robert Wilson Lynd, American Sociologist

Man, Men, Paradise, Games

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"It seemed ironic that Lowell Levine and I, who were both Jewish, were going over to identify the remains of a man who was so anti-Semitic."

"It seemed ironic that Lowell Levine and I, who were both Jewish, were going over to identify the remains of a man who was so anti-Semitic."

Michael Baden, American Celebrity

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"The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men."

"The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Man, Men, Temple, World

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