Quotes with woman-being

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  • Paul Valery That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
    Paul Valery
    French poet (1871 - 1945)
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  • B. F. Skinner The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every new action.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Salman Rushdie The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Katherine Anne Porter The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.
    Katherine Anne Porter
    American short-story writer (1890 - 1980)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
    Source: Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • William James There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Thomas Wolfe There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Joseph Addison There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Charles Dickens There might be some credit in being jolly.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • John Erskine There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
    John Erskine
    American educator and author, pianist and composer (1879 - 1951)
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  • Boz Scaggs This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level.
    Boz Scaggs
    American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944 - )
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  • Voltaire To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Valerie Solanas To be sure he's a ''Man,'' the male must see to it that the female be clearly a ''Woman,'' the opposite of a ''Man,'' that is, the female must act like a faggot.
    Valerie Solanas
    American feminist and author (1936 - 1988)
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  • Publilius Syrus To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • B. R. Ambedkar Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Joseph Addison We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next step to being dull.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Robin George Collingwood What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Blind Lemon Jefferson Woman rocks the cradle and I declare she rules her home Many man rocks some other man's baby and the fool thinks he's rocking his own.
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  • Ben Johnson Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.
    Ben Johnson
    English playwright and poet (1572 - 1637)
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