#be a man

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

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My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#always #art #be a man #beauty #beings

I'd love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#day #i #just #like #love

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us? ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#bond #i #james #james bond #man

I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

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Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#break #break up #calling #her #just

It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#man #me #seems #very #wearisome

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. ↗

— Malcolm X

#being #fight #freedom #human #human being