Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
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Women artists are still treated differently from men.
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I'm not convinced that abstinence-only education works.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
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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.
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We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
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There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.
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For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being 'somebody,' to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen.
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I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy.
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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in examining all the nuances and idiosyncrasies of particular stories of everyday people. And if that doesn't happen, then I usually transplant myself and my own stories to a particular historical event. Which is why you'll see me, the first person pronoun, interacting in a song about Carl Sandburg, or you'll find my [sic] interacting with Saul Bellow. It's sort of a re-rendering of history and making it my own.
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Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance.
