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Men Quotes
"It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us."
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"Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?"
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"Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God."
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"Men who have been raised violently have every reason to believe it is appropriate for them to control others through violence; they feel no compunction over being violent to women, children, and one another."
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"Now is the time for all good men to run like hell."
57
"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."
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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."
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"Women had to deal with the men's response when the women wanted more time out of the home; men now must deal with the women's response as men want more time in."
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"Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?"
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"But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained?"
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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."
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"The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind."
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"To-night I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me."
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"Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books."
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"Few rich men own their property; their property owns them."
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"I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men."
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"Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world."
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"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each."
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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."
50
"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
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"If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married."
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"Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom."
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"Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles."
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"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."
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"I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves."
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