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Men Quotes by Clive James
- In the Bob Hope Golf Classic, the participation of President Gerald Ford was more than enough to remind you that the nuclear button was at…
- Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.
- Murray sounds like a blindfolded man riding a unicycle on the rim of the pit of doom, the men actually facing the danger are all…
- It is almost better to be an impulse shirt-buyer than an impulse shoe-buyer. I have worn shirts that made people think I was a retired…
- Experts say men think of sex every 10 seconds... What do they think of in the other nine?
- Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.
- Perhaps I should have pointed out more often that without her (mother's) guidance and example I might have gone straight from short pants to Long…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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