Dolly Parton Quotes
I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
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Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.
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Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.
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Men aren't able to retire and are going bankrupt making alimony payments.
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
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There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.
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I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
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All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woman has a right to seize what she will and vie with man on her own terms.
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Some men want war for sordid, others for idealistic, reasons; some for personal gain, others for impersonal principle. But most of those who consciously want war and accept it, and so help to create its 'inevitability,' want it in order to shift the locus of their problems.
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There still remained, for all men to share, the linked worlds of love and art. Linked, because love without art is merely the slaking of desire, and art cannot be enjoyed unless it is approached with love.
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It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.
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I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop, but I would recommend strongly that a person maintain his cool, and in no circumstances lose his temper. If you lose your temper, you are playing right into the cop's hands.
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There's room for Spike Lee's movies; there's room for Tyler Perry's movies. There's room for classics with an all black cast. There's room for all of it as long as we don't try to make any one piece define us as a race.
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When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
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I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
