J. G. Holland Quotes
A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!
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I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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I'm attracted to mysterious men. Every woman can relate to that, right?
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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.
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Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and agreeing about the misdemeanours of men... mild, soft, nurturing relationships.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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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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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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There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.
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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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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
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The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
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As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.
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I want people to understand that we, the American people, are not each other's enemies. The real enemies are those people who are trying to divide us into every little possible group.
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When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.
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The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.
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The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the organization of offices in a state, and determines what is to be the governing body, and what is the end of each community. But laws are not to be confounded with the principles of the constitution; they are the rules according to which the magistrates should administer the state, and proceed against offenders.
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A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
