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Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as… — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
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Beggin' your pardon, miss, but I was told you be the one to help me cross on to the next world." "Who… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Anger is certainly a kind of baseness; as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns; children,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely. The only thing he wants in return… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an hallucinated enthusiast… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
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...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity… — John Blacking Copy Share Image
Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Internationally and in foreign markets, movies starring women don't make as much money as movies starring men. And then you can blame… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
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The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant,… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
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Google the phrase "the most hated man in America." And this guy is one of the first people to pop up. Martin… — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
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You will hear people say the C-word. Except, it's a regional language: in British English, c - t has much less of… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
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Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Copy Share Image
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