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"No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself."
John Steinbeck
"No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself."
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"Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions."
John Ruskin
"Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions."
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"Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives."
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives."
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"If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them."
Sue Grafton
"If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them."
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"A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men."
Ralph W. Sockman
"A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men."
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"In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer."
John Amery
"In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer."
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"The best way to hold a man is in your arms."
Mae West
"The best way to hold a man is in your arms."
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"A man will give up almost anything except his suffering."
John Cleese
"A man will give up almost anything except his suffering."
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"No damn man kills me and lives."
Nathan Bedford Forrest
"No damn man kills me and lives."
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"Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered."
George Meredith
"Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered."
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"If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election."
Hamilton Jordan
"If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election."
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"When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety."
Byron Dorgan
"When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety."
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"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."
Lou Holtz
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."
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"That doll looks more like a black man than me."
Lorrie Fair
"That doll looks more like a black man than me."
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"It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance."
Margaret Fuller
"It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance."
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"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
Charles de Gaulle
"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
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"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
James Madison
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
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"Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive."
Patrick MacGill
"Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive."
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"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"
Calvin Klein
"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"
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"For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels."
Paul Anka
"For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels."
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"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
Rita Mae Brown
"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
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"We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!"
Betty Friedan
"We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-five years ago! Hepburn and Tracy!"
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"The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes."
Thomas Malthus
"The great and unlooked for discoveries that have taken place of late years have all concurred to lead many men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important changes."
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"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."
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"There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard."
Jean Cocteau
"There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard."
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"Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them."
Charles Baudelaire
"Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them."
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"Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself."
Whittaker Chambers
"Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself."
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"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."
Franklin P. Adams
"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."
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"First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice."
Benjamin Tucker
"First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice."
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"Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against."
Thomas Carlyle
"Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against."
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"There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it."
George Bernard Shaw
"There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it."
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"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."
Emile Zola
"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."
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"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
Ernest Hemingway
"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
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"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools."
Herbert Spencer
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools."
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"My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage."
Joshua Chamberlain
"My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage."
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"I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star."
Richard Pryor
"I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star."
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"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."
Aristophanes
"A man's homeland is wherever he prospers."
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"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
Kurt Cobain
"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
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"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."
William Makepeace Thackeray
"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."
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"A crazy man finishes in the cemetery."
Juan Manuel Fangio
"A crazy man finishes in the cemetery."
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Thomas Paine
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
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"The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know."
Michelle Obama
"The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know."
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"Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master."
Sallust
"Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master."
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"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."
Friedrich Schiller
"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."
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"I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove."
Mark Rylance
"I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove."
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"Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all."
"Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all."
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"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Malcolm X
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
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"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."
Jimi Hendrix
"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."
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"If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it."
Tennessee Williams
"If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it."
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"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
Ovid
"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
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