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"The army teaches boys to think like men."

"The army teaches boys to think like men."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Men, Army, Boys

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"Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels."

"Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels."

William Bartram, American Environmentalist

Men, Birds, Turkeys

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"Heaven never helps the men who will not act."

"Heaven never helps the men who will not act."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

Men, Act, Heaven, Will

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"A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really."

"A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really."

Julian Clary, English Comedian

Men, Sex, Day, Gay

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"In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear."

"In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear."

Julia Child, American Entertainer

Men, People, Kitchen

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"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics."

"Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics."

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist

Men, Work, Fear, Mathematics

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"Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart."

"Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Men, Heart, Dignity

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"It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power."

"It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power."

Gabriele Nanni, Italian Theologian

Men, Power, God, Devil

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"And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay."

"And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay."

Morris Chestnut, American Actor

Men, Feelings, Being, Perspective

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"Well, I think mostly we're dressing for men."

"Well, I think mostly we're dressing for men."

Jerry Hall, American Model

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"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."

"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Men, Boys, Trying

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"And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly."

"And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly."

Jami Gertz, American Actress

Men, Mistake, Reading, Will

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"Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it."

"Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it."

Isaac Barrow, English Mathematician

Men, Abhorrence, Contempt, Practice

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"The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy."

"The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy."

Katie Price, english Model

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"A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful."

"A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful."

Frederick Robertson, English Clergyman

Men, Life, Honor, Man

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"There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do."

"There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Men, Fear, Hope, Nothing

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"Men should have rough hands and be strong."

"Men should have rough hands and be strong."

Scott Caan, American Actor

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"I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing."

"I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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"I've said this before, that, when you're in school and you're the class clown, men are really good at making fun at other people and women are really good at making fun of themselves."

"I've said this before, that, when you're in school and you're the class clown, men are really good at making fun at other people and women are really good at making fun of themselves."

Amy Poehler, American Comedian

Men, Women, People, Class

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"Men are much more agressive with their advances."

"Men are much more agressive with their advances."

Dave Navarro, American Musician

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"Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics."

"Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics."

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American Celebrity

Men, Politics, Women

44

"We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it."

"We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Men, Being, Enemy

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"That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone "mainstream.""

"That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone "mainstream.""

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Men, Country, Name

44

"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."

"Men are allowed to get older and women are not."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

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"The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment for its religious wants, and the profoundest thinker inexhaustible matter of study."

"The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment for its religious wants, and the profoundest thinker inexhaustible matter of study."

Philip Schaff, Swiss Theologian

Men, Bible, Class, Culture

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"Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason."

"Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Men, Reason, Sense

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"A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away."

"A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away."

Brenda Holloway, American Musician

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"We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence."

"We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly understood the lessons of that World War, thus attempting to prevent its recurrence."

Rene Cassin, French Judge

Men, War, Order, Support

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"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."

"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."

Florynce R. Kennedy, American Activist

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"And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature."

"And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Men, Nature, Being, Human nature

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"Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts."

"Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts."

Ian Hart, English Actor

Men, People, Being, Hair

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"Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do."

"Men are beasts and even beasts don't behave as they do."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

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"I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me."

"I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me."

James Denton, American Actor

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"I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence."

"I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Men, Funny, People, Confidence

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"I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust."

"I get along with guys; most of my friends are guys. It's easier to trust men sometimes. I only have a few close girlfriends that I trust."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Men, Trust, Friends, Girlfriends

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"I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together."

"I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together."

Tom Verlaine, American Musician

Men, Work, Artist, Being

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"Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood."

"Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood."

Frederica Montseny, Spanish Politician

Men, Honesty, Appetite, Blood

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"The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins."

"The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

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"We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker."

"We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

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"Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry."

"Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry."

Joan Baez, American Musician

Men, Women, Trying

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"Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used."

"Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

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"What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences."

"What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences."

Abbe Pierre, French Clergyman

Men, Women, Action, Being

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"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do."

"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do."

Auberon Herbert, British Philosopher

Men, Government, Man

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"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish."

"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Men, Power, People, Dictators

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"It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure out how to get married, stay married, fall in love, how to rekindle all this stuff. It seems to me to be a pretty eternal theme so I don't know if you can get typecast from making movies about men relating to women. It seems to be what is going on on the planet a lot."

"It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure out how to get married, stay married, fall in love, how to rekindle all this stuff. It seems to me to be a pretty eternal theme so I don't know if you can get typecast from making movies about men relating to women. It seems to be what is going on on the planet a lot."

John Cusack, American Actor

Men, Movies, Love, Women

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"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."

"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."

Moliere, French Playwright

Men, Purpose, Comedy, Reason

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"Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that."

"Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

43

"When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also."

"When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also."

John Chrysostom, Greek Clergyman

Men, Sex, Church, Care

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"Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus."

"Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Men, Eating, Existence, Night

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"We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human."

"We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human."

Antonin Artaud, French Dramatist

Men, Literature, Want

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