Man Quotes
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The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
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The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.
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No man ever got lost on a straight road.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
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Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.
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The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service - and it's the service industry man, it's blue collar man, I'm sweating by the second song. It's construction work from that second song on.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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Every man ultimately falls into the company with which he affiliates. And he is the strongest who draws men to himself, who creates the company; and this is through having a positive quality - courage and physical prowess.
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Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I can remember in the late 1980s and early 1990s how many men with AIDS I saw everywhere in Key West. There were hospices and medical supply stores geared to people with AIDS. It seemed that every sick man who could afford it had headed for the warmth and the tranquillity and the gay-friendliness of the island.
