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"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."

"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."

Moliere, French Playwright

Men, Comedy, Duty

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"We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them."

"We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Men, Women, Want

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"I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate."

"I like green or brown eyes. Tall but not overwhelmingly so. I like men who do yoga and meditate."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

Men, Eyes, Yoga

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"I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation."

"I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Men, Work, Hard work, Worry

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"Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre."

"Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre."

Pete Townshend, British Musician

Men, Theatre, Writing

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"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work."

"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work."

Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist

Men, Work, Hard work, Order

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"Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the standpoint of training and from the standpoint of armament."

"Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the standpoint of training and from the standpoint of armament."

Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Activist

Men, Women, Children, Conflict

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"Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex."

"Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex."

Yasmine Bleeth, American Actress

Men, Women, Sex

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"I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them."

"I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Men, Women, Truth

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"Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot."

"Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot."

Elihu Root, American Lawyer

Men, Time, War, Patience

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"I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out."

"I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

Men, Mother, Father, Man

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"The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture."

"The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Men, Movies, Women, Awards

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"Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this."

"Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Men, Time, Heaven, Hell

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"Few rich men own their property; their property owns them."

"Few rich men own their property; their property owns them."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

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"Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes."

"Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Men, Women, Compliments, Difference

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"Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too."

"Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

Men, Religion, Faith, History

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"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

Men, Difference

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"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."

"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."

Beck, American Musician

Men, Prison, Stars

24

"Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do."

"Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

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"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

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"There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven."

"There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Men, Earth, Heaven, Liberty

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"Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?"

"Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?"

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

Men, Intimacy, Wonder

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"The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy."

"The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy."

Joseph Rutherford, American Clergyman

Men, Time, Wealth, Earth

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"Now is the time for all good men to run like hell."

"Now is the time for all good men to run like hell."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

Men, Time, Hell, Now

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"In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men."

"In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men."

Frederick W. Taylor, American Scientist

Men, Class, First, Future

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"I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men."

"I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Men, Thought, Crime, Doubt

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"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work."

"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Men, Work, Commitment, Feeling

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"There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them."

"There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

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"In a few years, all great physical constants will have been approximately estimated, and that the only occupation which will be left to men of science will be to carry these measurements to another place of decimals."

"In a few years, all great physical constants will have been approximately estimated, and that the only occupation which will be left to men of science will be to carry these measurements to another place of decimals."

James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician

Men, Science, Occupation, Will

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"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others."

"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Men, Women, Failure, Challenge

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"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."

Aldo Leopold, American Environmentalist

Men, Conservation, Harmony, Land

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"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed."

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more."

"Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more."

James Thurber, American Comedian

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"It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own."

"It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own."

James Otis, American Lawyer

Men, Truth, Care, Day

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"Evil prospers when good men do nothing."

"Evil prospers when good men do nothing."

John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant

Men, Evil, Nothing

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"Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them."

"Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Men, Faith, People

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"They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men."

"They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Men, Women, Congress, Talk

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"All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first."

"All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first."

James Thurber, American Comedian

Men, First, Hate

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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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"Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison."

"Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison."

Tim Allen, American Comedian

Men, Women, Work, Children

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"I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships."

"I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships."

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Men, Time, Women, Fight

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"Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing."

"Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Men, Women, Kids, Running

20

"I can tell when men are threatened by my height."

"I can tell when men are threatened by my height."

Allison Janney, American Actress

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"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."

"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Men, Want, Wives

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"It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen."

"It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen."

George Clooney, American Actor

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"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."

"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer

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"I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

"I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

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"One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress."

"One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress."

Allison Janney, American Actress

Men, Women, Dancing

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"Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."

"Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Men, Women, Vote, Want

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"Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands."

"Men are creatures with two legs and eight hands."

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

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