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Mae West quote: "Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a..."
Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present Mae West
Franz Kafka quote: "The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms."
The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms. Franz Kafka
Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d bites a man m at time t," thereby demonstrating their unshakable commitment to logical rigor, even though they don't go on to manipulate any formulae involving d, m, and t. Daniel Dennett
Oscar Wilde quote: "The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees..."
The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing. Oscar Wilde
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a..."
A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. Simone de Beauvoir
I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man. Mary Wollstonecraft
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable... H. L. Mencken
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation. Graham Greene
A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. A library is not a luxury. It is a man’s duty to have books. It is one of the necessities of a full life. Henry Ward Beecher
I am the happiest man in the world and here's why: I walk down a street and I see a woman, not tall but well-proportioned, very dark-haired, very neat in her dress, wearing a dark skirt with deep pleats that swing with the rhythm of her rather quick steps; her stockings, of dark color, are carefully, impeccably smooth; her face is not smiling, this woman walks down the street without trying to please, as if she were unconscious of what she represented: a good carnal image of woman, a physical... Francois Truffaut
The dead man in Yossarian's tent was a pest, and Yossarian didn't like him, even though he had never seen him. Having him laying around all day annoyed Yossarian so much that he had gone to the orderly room several times to complain to Sergeant Towser, who refused to admit that the dead man even existed, which, of course, he no longer did. Joseph Heller
It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. George Bernard Shaw
Benjamin Franklin quote: "What condition of man most deserves pity?" - Franklin offered:..."
What condition of man most deserves pity?" - Franklin offered: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read. Benjamin Franklin
If the last to know he’s an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected. Philip K. Dick
The real artist with no tear in his eye and no sadness in his heart, puts the pages in the fire and does it again!" "All art is a metaphor it's by telling you one thing when your mean something else. The Old Man in the Sea is not about fishing!" "Writing a book is like torture that you don't know, but after it’s done and there it is. It's a joy like unlike anything else, I think it's the closest that a man can come to knowing what is feels like to have a baby. Harry Crews

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