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I nodded again, but I knew I would not grow up to drive a bulldozer. It would be awful to be dirty all day like these men. I didn't say it, but at best I would keep one in the backyard, like a goat. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#growing-up #work #men

Rick: Can you swim? Evelyn: Well, of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it. Rick: [throwing her overboard] Trust me. It calls for it. ↗

— Max Allan Collins

#the-mummy #movies

My loathings are simple. stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures are the most intense known to man: writing and butterfly hunting. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#music

Я не была феминисткой - в том смысле, что не интересовалась политикой: мне было наплевать на право голоса. Но в моем понимании мужчины и женщины - в одинаковой степени личности; я предъявляла им одинаковые требования и хотела для них одинаковых прав. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#rights #men

The men drink a third beer, then a fourth, in preparation for the cold trip crosstown. "I wish I could meet a decent woman." Howard, who has learned the great secret, and who after beer, is generous: "Go to a library. ↗

— Jack Cady

#women #men

You still haven’t told me what King Edward will do when he has all four relics,’ Robert said, fixing Humphrey with his gaze. ‘We aren’t privy to all his plans, Robert, as I’ve told you. Only the men of the Round Table know his full intentions. We have to prove ourselves worthy to be trusted as they are.’ ‘Do you not ever wonder?’ Humphrey paused. ‘I just know my king will do what is best for my kingdom.’ Robert said nothing. He thought of his own kingdom, beleaguered by Edward’s interference, and a ghost of a threat drifted in his mind. But even as it appeared, he pushed it away. Scotland was its own kingdom, with its own king. It wasn’t Wales or Ireland, fractured and isolated. However much Edward had desired the Crown of Arthur he had come here, first and foremost, to put down a rebellion. Yet still, on this bleak shore with Humphrey beside him, Robert felt a sense of standing at a crossroads with many paths leading away before him. In his mind they all led into darkness. ↗

— Robyn Young

#royalty #men

I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to Cliff only tonight, it's about time you showed up around here.' I wanted to detach him from her, but first I had to sit through about ten minutes of her. She was my sister, but you don't tell women things like I wanted to tell him. I don't know why, but you don't. You tell them the things you have under control; the things that you're frightened of, you tell other men if you tell anyone. ("Nightmare") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#fear #men #men-and-women #women #men

Angst is een natuurlijke reactie van de mens op datgene wat hij niet begrijpt of niet kent en waarvan hij denkt dat het gevaar inhoudt. Het is gewoon een afweermechanisme, net als zweten wanneer je het warm hebt en rillen wanneer je het koud hebt. Je bent nu bang omdat je niet weet wat daar is, dus moet je gaan kijken om erachter te komen. Is er niets, geweldig, vals alarm. Is er wel iets of iemand, dan kun je dat alleen overwinnen door uit te vinden wat het is en het dan het hoofd te bieden. ↗

— Elia Barceló

#men

The best man day in the world would involve building a bridge and then blowing up that bridge. Which is why you can't make a better man movie than The Bridge on the River Kwai, unless you make Two Bridges on the River Kwai. ↗

— Joel Stein

#men #men

Centurion! Would you like to be a cavalryman one last time? There are Venicones who escaped when your line was broken to be hunted down, and Tribune Licinius has ordered me to take the best men available in their pursuit. Leave this hairy gentleman to watch the fun, and join us in the hunt! ↗

— Anthony Riches

#humour #soldiers #men