William Allen White 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.
Sabine Baring-Gould
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It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
H. G. Wells
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
Indra Devi
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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Ulysses S. Grant
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Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise families of their own, Hugh Hefner still considered them his women, and in the bound volumes of his magazine he would always possess them.
Gay Talese
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Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.
Jackson Katz
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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.
Samantha Harvey
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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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Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.
Ogden Nash
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes.
Karen McDougal
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When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.
J. William Fulbright
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Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.
Captain Beefheart
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More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.
Orison Swett Marden
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Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
O. Henry
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Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.
Samuel Butler
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We adore babies because they're so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny. This is all backwards. It is. And Darwin shows us why.
Daniel Dennett
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I wouldn't say personally that I have problems communicating with men - though I'm not sure what the men would say.
Jess Weixler
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
Barbara Corcoran
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I get really excited every time there's a female character who is really strong because a lot of females in film are really soft.
Anna Kendrick
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You have been called to be who you are - the whole luminous light. No one can dim your light when you are fully present to the depth and breadth of it.
Debbie Ford
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I was of the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn’t give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff” school of thought.
Cate Tiernan
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There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.
William Allen White