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"Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy."

"Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy."

Lauren Bacall, American Actress

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"A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant."

"A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant."

William Frederick Book, American Psychologist

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"Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle."

"Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle."

James Howell, British Writer

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"Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are."

"Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

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"I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid."

"I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid."

Grover Cleveland, American President

Man, Men, People, Being

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"All men's gains are the fruit of venturing."

"All men's gains are the fruit of venturing."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it."

"It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Man, Want, Woman

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"A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others."

"A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

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"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting."

"Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

Man, Tenderness

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"So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it."

"So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

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"One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me."

"One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Man, Men, Thoughts, Charm, Mind

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"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."

"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Man, Men, War, Fight, Youth

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"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Man, May, Woman

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"First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women."

"First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women."

Margaret Cavendish, English Writer

Man, Men, Women, Breeding, First

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"It is always good men who do the most harm in the world."

"It is always good men who do the most harm in the world."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Man, Men, Harm, World

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"Where a man can live, he can also live well."

"Where a man can live, he can also live well."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others."

"There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others."

Lafcadio Hearn, Japanese Author

Man, Men, Fear, Being, Duty

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"If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Man, Measure, Want

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"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real."

"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

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"Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking and intelligent a body of men as we usually meet with."

"Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking and intelligent a body of men as we usually meet with."

Lewis Tappan, American Businessman

Man, Men, Body, Company

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"Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary."

"Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary."

Margaret Mead, American Scientist

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"Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them."

"Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Man, Men, Women

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"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."

"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."

John Quincy Adams, American President

Man, Men, Honesty, Folly

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"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Man, Men, Forget, Living

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"A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency."

"A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

Man, Mind, Will

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"The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!"

"The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything!"

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

Man, Men, Babyhood, Language

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"What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory."

"What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory."

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Man, Men, Church, Property

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"It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous."

"It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble."

"A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble."

Charley Pride, American Athlete

Man, Potential, Singing, Trouble

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"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."

"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Man, Men, Feelings, Language, Woman

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"The maxims of men reveal their characters."

"The maxims of men reveal their characters."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

Man, Men, Maxims

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"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots."

"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Man, Men, Danger, Future

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"We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy."

"We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay."

"We have many cases of men committing suicide rather than face their own individuality. I know of no case of a woman who committed suicide because she was gay."

George Weinberg, American Psychologist

Man, Men, Gay, Individuality, Suicide

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"Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men."

"Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men."

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

Man, Men, Crowds, First

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"Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor."

"Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Man, Men, Heart, Honor, Opinions

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"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."

"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Man, Men, Truth

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"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."

"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

Man, Men, Women, People, Hope

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"Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men."

"Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men."

Novalis, German Poet

Man, Men, Christianity, Democracy, Fact

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"Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."

"Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Man, Men, Circumstances

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"Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?"

"Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?"

Robert Browning, English Poet

Man, Men, Deeds, Words

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"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Man, Men, Earth, Eye, Moon

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"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground."

"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

Man, Men, Agitation, Freedom, Want

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"The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man."

"The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man."

Norma McCorvey, American Celebrity

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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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"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

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"In soft regions are born soft men."

"In soft regions are born soft men."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough."

"I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

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"Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you."

"Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you."

Alfred E. Smith, American Politician

Man, Manners, Words

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"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man."

"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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