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"We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic."

"We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Men, Women, Sex, Communication

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"I also like men who like dogs. I couldn't date a man who doesn't like my dog."

"I also like men who like dogs. I couldn't date a man who doesn't like my dog."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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"I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested."

"I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested."

Jack Scalia, American Actor

Men, Women, Values, Ethics

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"This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work."

"This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work."

Lawrence Korb, American Analyst

Men, Work, Women, Man

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"I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece."

"I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Men, Women, Brotherhood, Passion

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"I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist."

"I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist."

Elfriede Jelinek, American Playwright

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"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

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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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"According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men."

"According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men."

Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

Men, May, Principles, Weakness

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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

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"I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men."

"I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men."

Dorothy Kilgallen, American Actress

Men, Time, Hope, Race

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"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

Robert Schumann, German Composer

Men, Artist, Darkness, Duty

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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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"Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are."

"Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are."

William Barclay, Scottish Theologian

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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

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"There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness."

"There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness."

Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

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"I like protective men, the type who'll put an arm around me so I can be smothered."

"I like protective men, the type who'll put an arm around me so I can be smothered."

Katie Price, english Model

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"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads."

"Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Men, Circumstances, Exhaustion, Nerves

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"The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness."

"The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness."

Robert Blair, American Poet

Men, Nature, Firmness, Grave

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"One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them."

"One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"I think, on the whole, men are much more shallow than women."

"I think, on the whole, men are much more shallow than women."

Sharon Gless, American Actress

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"I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage."

"I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

Men, Age, Difference

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"The process is intense and the producers, who are intelligent men, are bringing in new people for a fresh look at a complicated project that has been in the making for 10 years."

"The process is intense and the producers, who are intelligent men, are bringing in new people for a fresh look at a complicated project that has been in the making for 10 years."

Ednita Nazario, American Musician

Men, People, Project, Years

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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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"Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out."

"Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out."

Lord Jeffrey, British Philosopher

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"Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions."

"Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions."

Antoinette Blackwell, American Clergyman

Men, Nature, Women

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"Most men are not that evolved."

"Most men are not that evolved."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

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"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men."

"I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men."

Victoria Principal, American Actress

Men, Business, Advice, Woman

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"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike."

"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike."

Thomas Browne, British Scientist

Men, Faces, Wonder

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"Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid."

"Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Men, People, Woman

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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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"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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"The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist."

"The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist."

Vannevar Bush, American Scientist

Men, Aspirations, Will

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"The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another."

"The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

Men, God, Bible, Holiness

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"And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now."

"And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now."

Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi Statesman

Men, Women, People, Dream

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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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"The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition."

"The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Men, Ambition, Evil, Fortune

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"There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children."

"There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Men, Women, Children, Living

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"I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one."

"I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one."

Tony Shalhoub, American Actor

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"I think women can cope a lot better than men."

"I think women can cope a lot better than men."

Willard Scott, American Entertainer

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"For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased."

"For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased."

Aeschines, Greek Statesman

Men, Laws, Will

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"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

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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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"It's not very hip to consider the plight of single women who yearn for something so old-fashioned as men."

"It's not very hip to consider the plight of single women who yearn for something so old-fashioned as men."

Suzanne Fields, American Columnist

Men, Women, Old

35

"They've all been through bad things. So bad things happen to people. They happen to all the great men of God."

"They've all been through bad things. So bad things happen to people. They happen to all the great men of God."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

Men, God, People

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"Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven."

"Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven."

Zach Braff, American Actor

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"I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain."

"I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain."

Cathy Guisewite, American Cartoonist

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"It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations."

"It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations."

Maurice Chevalier, French Actor

Men, Women, Jewels, Quotations

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"It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women."

"It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women."

Shirley Bassey, Welsh Musician

Men, Success, Women, Successful

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