James Monroe Quotes
It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
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High heels weren't always a girl thing. In the fifteen-hundreds, the riding shoes of French noblemen were fitted with raised heels so that their feet stayed put in the stirrups. Over the next few decades, heels inched higher on dress shoes, particularly among men of privilege.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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A lot of times, women complain about men around them. It's not always someone else's fault. If you're the common denominator in 57 different relationships that didn't work out, then maybe, just maybe... it's you!
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In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
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KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
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In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.
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Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.
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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.
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It takes me so long to get tired of a man. It's women that are the problem. Don't get me wrong. I think men have their problems just as much as women.
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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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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.
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There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning.
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Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control.
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The weak, when they have authority, surround themselves with the weak. It is, indeed, a vice of rulers that men who have exceptional ability and worth are offensive to them, since they whose greatness is due to their position find it difficult to love those whom inner power makes great.
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I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy.
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It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.
