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"A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat."

"A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat."

Allen West, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Education, Opportunity

41

"Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be."

"Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be."

Phyllis Schlafly, American Activist

Man, Men, Ladies, Want

41

"It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions."

"It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions."

Ellis Peters, British Author

41

"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little."

"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little."

Washington Irving, American Writer

41

"A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin."

"A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin."

Edmond de Goncourt, French Writer

41

"Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores."

"Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

41

"Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?"

"Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?"

Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

41

"Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief."

"Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Man, Men, Belief

41

"One man's transparency is another's humiliation."

"One man's transparency is another's humiliation."

Gerry Adams, Irish Politician

41

"I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet."

"I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Man, Men, Intelligence, Women, Feet

41

"There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones."

"There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones."

Agnes Smedley, American Journalist

41

"Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms."

"Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

41

"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."

"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."

Mario Puzo, American Novelist

41

"I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man."

"I engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man."

James McGreevey, American Politician

41

"In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them."

"In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them."

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist

Man, Men, Actions, Appearance, Compliment

41

"We must have an America in which White men and women can live and work, in their homes and in the streets of our cities, without fear."

"We must have an America in which White men and women can live and work, in their homes and in the streets of our cities, without fear."

George Lincoln Rockwell, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Work, Fear

41

"I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead."

"I think Michael Crawford realised, I think we all realised, once we'd gone the route of casting a very young girl, you can't really cast a 65 year old man opposite. Slightly different resonance I think. No, we weren't going to go there. We'd have Jack Nicholson in the lead."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

41

"Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise."

"Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise."

Mary Austin, American Writer

41

"Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables."

"Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

41

"To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him."

"To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

41

"It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group."

"It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group."

Charles Edison, American Businessman

Man, Privilege, Promises, Will

41

"On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women."

"On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Man, Men, Women, Distrust

41

"Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men."

"Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Man, Men, Politics, Eyes, Succeed

41

"A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp."

"A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

Man, Mistakes, Questions, Sleep

41

"Good and bad men are less than they seem."

"Good and bad men are less than they seem."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

41

"It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too."

"It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too."

Colleen McCullough, Australian Author

Man, Men, Will, Woman

41

"Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions."

"Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

Man, Men, Melancholy

41

"Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?"

"Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?"

Thomas Clarkson, English Activist

Man, Men, Chance, Houses, Possessions

41

"Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge."

"Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge."

Claude Bernard, French Psychologist

Man, Men, Knowledge

41

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another."

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

41

"The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy."

"The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy."

Ben Nelson, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Sacrifice, Nation

41

"A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war."

"A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

41

"I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins."

"I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins."

Jackie Collins, British Author

Man, Men, Sex, People, Talking

41

"All men are equal before fish."

"All men are equal before fish."

Herbert Hoover, American President

41

"Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely."

"Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely."

Carl Levin, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Jobs, Safety

41

"Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries."

"Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries."

Fritz Sauckel, German Soldier

Man, Men, Christian, America, Countries

41

"The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men."

"The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Man, Men, Animals, Importance, Philosophy

41

"Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically."

"Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Man, Men, Women, Thinking

41

"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them."

"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them."

George Henry Lewes, English Philosopher

Man, Men, Nothing, Wonder

41

"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?"

"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?"

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

41

"The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty."

"The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty."

Steve Buyer, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Liberty

41

"If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires."

"If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

41

"The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners."

"The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

Man, Men, Knowledge, Logic, Theory

41

"These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig."

"These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Man, Purity, Sound

41

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

George Orwell, British Author

Man, Men, Duty, First, Now

41

"Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy."

"Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy."

Aimee Mann, American Musician

41

"As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally."

"As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

41

"The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts."

"The Six Million Dollar Man was one thing, but I wanted to keep my own parts."

Lee Majors, American Actor

41

"Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events."

"Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events."

John Drinkwater, English Poet

Man, Men, Greatness, Events

41

"There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men."

"There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Man, Men, Justice

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