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"Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity."

"Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity."

Alfred Einstein, German Writer

Man, Reality, Unity

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"Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way."

"Every record that you do man, is sooo different in every way."

Jerry Cantrell, American Musician

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"When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours."

"When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours."

Agnes Macphail, Canadian Politician

Man, Men, Feet, First, Want

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"I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals."

"I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals."

Brigid Brophy, English Novelist

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"A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man."

"A couple of hanging glands have nothing to do with making someone a man."

Cynthia Nixon, American Actress

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"Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service."

"Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service."

Leslie Stephen, English Author

Man, Public, Service

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"There is the sky, which is all men's together."

"There is the sky, which is all men's together."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure."

"Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure."

Robert Southwell, English Clergyman

Man, Pleasure, Wind

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"O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!"

"O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!"

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad."

"No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry."

"The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized industry."

Ralph Chaplin, American Activist

Man, Men, Class, First, Honor

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"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread."

"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread."

Richard Wright, American Novelist

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"I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die."

"I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die."

Mary Roberts Rinehart, American Novelist

Man, Men, War, Boys, Cowardice

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"To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that."

"To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that."

Carlos Castaneda, American Writer

Man, Men, Power, Act, Revolution

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"All men of action are dreamers."

"All men of action are dreamers."

James Huneker, American Writer

Man, Men, Action

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"A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see."

"A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see."

David Douglas, Scottish Environmentalist

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"We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get."

"We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get."

Andy Wachowski, American Director

Man, Men, Women, Thought, Fun

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"Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!"

"Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!"

William Booth, British Leader

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"If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted."

"If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted."

Larry McMurtry, American Writer

Man, Temptation

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"It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist."

"It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist."

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher

Man, Men, Women, Duty, Limits

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"It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work."

"It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work."

Mike Honda, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Work, Act

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"I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me."

"I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me."

Ira Hayes, American Soldier

Man, Men, Thinking

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"While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman."

"While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman."

Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Author

Man, Men, Hens, Service, Woman

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"I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this."

"I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

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"I teach that all men are mad."

"I teach that all men are mad."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers."

"I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Man, Men, Dance, Midnight

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"Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being."

"Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being."

Evan Bayh, American Politician

Man, Men, Children, Mothers, Nation

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"But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?"

"But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?"

William Booth, British Leader

Man, Men, Attention, Preaching, Struggle

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"To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible."

"To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

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"No wise man ever wished to be younger."

"No wise man ever wished to be younger."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms."

"The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Man, Men, Religion, Women, Key

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"A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others."

"A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness."

"The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness."

Timothy Thomas Fortune, American Writer

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"Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?"

"Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?"

Storm Jameson, English Writer

Man, Men, Women, Successful, Attention

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"A hero is a man who does what he can."

"A hero is a man who does what he can."

Romain Rolland, French Novelist

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"Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists."

"Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists."

Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier

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"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going."

"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going."

David Starr Jordan, American Writer

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"Educate the heart. Let us have good men."

"Educate the heart. Let us have good men."

Hiram Powers, American Sculptor

Man, Men, Heart

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"The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat."

"The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat."

Elizabeth Bishop, American Poet

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"What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another."

"What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another."

Henry John Temple, British Statesman

Man, Merit, Opinion

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"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."

"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Man, Men, Fact, Sleep

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"What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine."

"What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Man, Men, Women

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"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive."

"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive."

Henry Steele Commager, American Historian

Man, Men, Patriotism, Authority, Criticism

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"How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering."

"How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man, Memory, Suffering

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"A hungry man is not a free man."

"A hungry man is not a free man."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

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"Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, though, of course only one such would be her true Master."

"Slave girls on Gor address all free men as Master, though, of course only one such would be her true Master."

John Norman, American Writer

Man, Men, Girls

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"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."

"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"Dreaming men are haunted men."

"Dreaming men are haunted men."

Stephen Vincent Benet, American Poet

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"We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race."

"We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race."

Hal Boyle, American Journalist

Man, Race, Worry

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"For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman."

"For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman."

Ana Castillo, American Novelist

Man, Value, Woman, World

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