William Morris Quotes
Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
Quotes to Explore
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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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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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm lucky in that I've worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different.
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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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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.
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It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
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One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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As the years passed in my village, I witnessed poorly educated young men leaving to seek the greater comforts and liberations of big cities. I would see them on my visits to Delhi.
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Men who betray women also betray other men. Women shouldn't feel so special.
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All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.
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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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Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles.
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My approach is to be open and honest.
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The directors are supposed to be the stewards of their shareholders' investments, but too often act at the behest of the advisory and management companies that run the funds' day-to-day operations.
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I'm not against other cultures, but I believe what the Germans call a "leitkultur", a dominant culture that we should have, even in our constitution state, what our dominant culture is and that our laws should apply to that culture and to no other one.
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Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.
