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"But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children."
Armistead Maupin
"But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children."
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"All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart."
Grantland Rice
"All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart."
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"My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I am no great man and am lucky to have such a woman as you."
Wild Bill Hickok
"My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I am no great man and am lucky to have such a woman as you."
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"America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed."
Allen Boyd
"America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed."
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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."
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"Few great men would have got past personnel."
Paul Goodman
"Few great men would have got past personnel."
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"Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism."
Walter Lippmann
"Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism."
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"I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them."
Benjamin F. Wade
"I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them."
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"I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere."
Heinrich Himmler
"I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere."
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"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."
Christian Nestell Bovee
"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."
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"A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing."
Thomas Wolfe
"A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing."
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"Nobody does good to men with impunity."
Auguste Rodin
"Nobody does good to men with impunity."
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"If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled."
Mary Astell
"If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled."
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"I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization."
George Catlin
"I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization."
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"If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage."
Frank Moore Colby
"If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage."
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"When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much."
Enid Bagnold
"When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much."
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"No one yet knows what a man's province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial."
Agnes Smedley
"No one yet knows what a man's province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial."
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"The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation."
Robert Boyle
"The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation."
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"The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps."
Robert Benchley
"The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps."
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"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."
Oscar Wilde
"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."
Man,
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"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly."
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"Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive."
Catherine Helen Spence
"Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive."
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"When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous."
Robert Barnes
"When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous."
Man,
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"I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men."
Christie Hefner
"I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men."
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"Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture."
Edwin Louis Cole
"Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture."
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"I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man."
Pete Townshend
"I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man."
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"I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts."
Shannon Lucid
"I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts."
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"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."
Halle Berry
"The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry."
Man,
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"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."
Alice Walker
"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."
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"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."
Rebecca West
"The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple."
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"Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior."
Marilyn French
"Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior."
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"I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one."
Ian Hamilton Finlay
"I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one."
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"Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men."
Mortimer Adler
"Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men."
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"It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."
Henri Frederic Amiel
"It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."
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"I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave."
Ernest Shackleton
"I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave."
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"Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself."
Baruch Spinoza
"Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself."
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"It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women measure women's value as human beings in relationship to their physical appearance."
Andrew Cohen
"It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women measure women's value as human beings in relationship to their physical appearance."
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"A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one."
J. P. Morgan
"A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one."
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"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."
John W. Gardner
"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community."
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"I can make men follow me to hell."
Philip Kearny
"I can make men follow me to hell."
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"Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being."
Ellen Key
"Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being."
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"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."
Ella Maillart
"There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men."
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"Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant."
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
"Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant."
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"Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?"
Victoria Woodhull
"Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?"
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"Men create the gods in their own image."
Xenophanes
"Men create the gods in their own image."
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"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."
John Locke
"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."
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"In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women."
Sara Paretsky
"In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women."
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"Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake."
Bennie Thompson
"Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake."
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"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."
David Hackworth
"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."
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"But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship."
Lactantius
"But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship."
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