Warren Farrell Quotes
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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I only drive in movies. I know that's very weird to hear for an American. I have a weird relationship with it. I know how to drive, but I never went to take the test.
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I wasn't even aware that there are different styles of taxidermy, traditional and rogue. I wound up really liking the rogue stuff the most, just because it is more artistic and people can go anywhere with it. That stuff I really liked. Honestly, I would have liked to buy some of those pieces.
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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
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When we give trust, we receive trust. And people who trust us pay attention to us.
