Jacqueline Bisset Quotes
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.
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In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
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I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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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.
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It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.
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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.
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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
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Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.
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Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.
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I am not on social media, as I don't feel the need to communicate with the outside world. People who matter to me are just a call away.
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I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.
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I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.
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If you can’t be inconspicuous, be so damned conspicuous that nobody can miss you. And that in itself is a fair concealment. How many people can accurately describe a street riot?
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.
