#manly

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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#confessed #consciousness #courage #display #endurance

I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any manly or humane man. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

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#any #chastisement #corporal #endure #female

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

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#maybe #people #see #studios #want