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"If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country."

"If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Men, Country, Houston, Prison

5

"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

5

"If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?"

"If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?"

Joan Baez, American Musician

5

"Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not."

"Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

5

"Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work."

"Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the way men work."

Rachel Perry, Canadian Celebrity

Men, Women, Work, Love

5

"It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think."

"It is essential that men start being interested in and excited by how women think."

Holly Near, American Musician

Men, Women, Being

5

"There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it."

"There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it."

Esther Williams, American Actress

Men, Policy, Drinking

5

"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

5

"I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill."

"I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

5

"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

5

"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?"

"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?"

Henry Campbell Bannerman, British Prime Minister

Men, Money, Dignity, Gentlemen

5

"The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible."

"The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible."

Joseph Rutherford, American Clergyman

Men, Power, Bible, Righteousness

5

"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

5

"Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close."

"Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close."

Jennifer Saunders, British Comedian

Men, Women, Relationships

5

"Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering."

"Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering."

Harriet Rosenstein, American Biographer

Men, Women, Destiny, Suffering

5

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

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

Jayne Mansfield, American Actress

5

"Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading."

"Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading."

Elihu Root, American Lawyer

Men, Animals, Cruelty, Now

5

"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

5

"I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example."

"I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example."

Mick Miller, British Comedian

Men, People, Drugs, Example

5

"Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time."

"Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

Men, Time, People

5

"I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree."

"I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Men, College, University

5

"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge

Men, Liberty, Meaning, Understanding

5

"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

5

"Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault."

"Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Men, Nature, Fault, Human nature

5

"If men have a smell it's usually an accident."

"If men have a smell it's usually an accident."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

5

"Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable."

"Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable."

Cher, American Musician

5

"I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?"

"I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?"

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

Men, Career, Want

5

"I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all."

"I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Men, Danger, First, Revolution

5

"The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead."

"The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

5

"Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world."

"Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

Men, Actor, Variety, World

5

"I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that."

"I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that."

Shelley Long, American Actress

5

"I don't think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day?"

"I don't think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day?"

Jennifer Beals, American Actress

Men, Sex, Day, Lies

5

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Men, Sacrifice, Admiration, Criticism

5

"I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?"

"I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?"

Mae West, American Actress

5

"Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books."

"Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books."

G. H. Hardy, British Mathematician

Men, Books, Old

5

"Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men."

"Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men."

Donna Summer, American Musician

5

"It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue."

"It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue."

Jay Alan Sekulow, American Lawyer

Men, Constitution, Wrong

5

"How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know."

"How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

Men, War, Harmony, Stars

5

"It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men."

"It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men."

Phillips Brooks, American Clergyman

5

"It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl."

"It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl."

Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist

Men, Fun, Gender, Thinking

5

"I go to bed with men, not boys."

"I go to bed with men, not boys."

Linda Fiorentino, American Actress

5

"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

5

"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."

"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."

Augustus, Roman Royalty

5

"It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this."

"It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Men, Idea, Dignity, Hurt

5

"Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners."

"Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Men, Society, Actions, First

5

"The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men."

"The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men."

Michael Douglas, American Actor

Men, Women, Company

5

"Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing - open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way - that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that."

"Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing - open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way - that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

Men, Christ, Confession, Emotion

5

"The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion."

"The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

Men, Religion, Joy, Trouble

5

"I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all."

"I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

5

"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

5

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