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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a story about a man who is orphaned during the 1927 Mississippi River flood in Louisiana, and he's on the banks of levee, and he's starving. And there are other people starving, too. And he's so desperate, he's seven years old, that he finds a pig that's been abandoned. He kills it with a hammer, and he drags it back.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.
- Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a man and you are confident and you are ambitious and strong, then you are a statesman and a leader. If you are a woman and you have those qualities, well, they have a not-so-flattering term for that.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a riot happens in a city or a town or a village, the man in charge of the place is held responsible, and the same thing has happened to Modi.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even today, my father watches my films only in the theatre with the general public. And he's very tough. His first call will be to the director and the camera man, and only then will he send me a message.
- Stand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
- Nov 07, 2020
The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A person with a robust personality appears capable of doing anything. This is what the common man lacks. This is the dividing factor, the difference between the hero and the common man.
- High Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider myself a brown American or a man of color before I would say Sri Lankan, to be honest. I didn't grow up there. There was a pretty brutal civil war there from 1983 until 2009. So we weren't able to go back very much. I've gone back as an adult. But I grew up in Pennsylvania.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I created the Women's Federation for World Peace in order to restore all that woman originally lost. You American women don't need a man in the position of grandfather, parents, husband, elder or younger brother. You only need the true Adam.
- Woman
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you call a redeemer, every man, woman and child on this planet will be eliminated.
- Live Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the kind of person who just can't wait to get on a train and not know where I'm going. I definitely want to live life to the fullest. And that's the type of man I'm attracted to - somebody with that spontaneous spirit.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020