Matthew Arnold Quotes
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In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
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The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
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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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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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Intellectuals are people who manage the world in their head. They look at life and try to see some kind of truth, and if they cannot find it, they attempt to create it.
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Only men of character are trusted.
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I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
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Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldn't because we should all just get along, really.
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Women need to be empowered through the strongest tool - education. They don't need to be subservient to anyone, but at the same time, men must change their mindset towards women. If they are more respectful towards them, then things will change at the grassroots level. It will happen slowly, but everyone has to move together.
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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
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If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
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Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
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Women are more skilled than men at making gossip entertaining.
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God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
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So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
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I know no place at which an Englishman may drop down suddenly among a pleasanter circle of acquaintance, or find himself with a more clever set of men, than he can do at Boston.
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I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, and his aura more feminine. Some called him a traitor to his race. Some fussed about his gender fluidity. I saw him as a post-modern shape-shifter. But the shifts grew more extreme and mysterious.
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The American Pie success has been so wonderful for me, but it's also locked me into a certain type of role. It's limited my options.
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I brings the ruckus to the ladies.
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We must see our present fight right through to the very end.
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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
