Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
Kate Williams
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
Yousuf Karsh
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In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
Verne Troyer
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
Idina Menzel
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
Imelda Staunton
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
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I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
Mandy Patinkin
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Ulysses S. Grant
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
Saint Basil
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
W. Somerset Maugham
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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
Wangari Maathai
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
Rachel Tucker
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Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.
Tariq Ali
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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.
Oscar Wilde
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
Sallust
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
Wendy Cope
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Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.
Zane Grey
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A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.
Otto Bauer
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I generally don't like living in a world where being what a man is, is a horrible thing; and no matter what a woman is, is a wonderful thing.
Patrice O'Neal
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We all control our careers. Those choices that you make are so critical.
Angela Ahrendts
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Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency.
C. D. Darlington
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You have madeThe cement of your churches out of tearsAnd ashes, and the fabric will not stand.
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
Carlton Cuse
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A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield