William Ernest Hocking Quotes
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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For me, men and women are different. A man is genetically gifted to pull more than a woman. But at the same time, I don't consider women to be any less than men. In fact, I feel we are far more intelligent than them.
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I don't sleep enough, and it does... what is the opposite of wonders... horrors. It does horrors for my skin.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
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It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
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Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
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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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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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There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.
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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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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.
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I'm not surprised 'The Avengers' has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing and showed a woman fighting and kicking and throwing men around. That was a radical departure in its time.
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When you look at movies like 'Titanic,' they make money because of women. They go to see it and bring their men, too.
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None of my costume designers have ever been nominated for an Oscar 'cause I don't do period movies that have ball scenes with a hundred extras in them.
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I've never really been a television watcher and watched comedies, and I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television as the dad.
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Obviously, if some young girl wants my advice and wants me to be her mentor, I would be very happy to offer that. But I don't really see myself as a coach.
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Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.
