"Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts."

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Source : Edmund Leach (1989). “Claude Levi-Strauss”, p.102, University of Chicago Press

Edmund Leach

#Men Quotes #Beast Quotes #Reason Quotes

“We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.”

Source : Interview with David Curcurito, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2012.
“Who understood Whatever has been said, sighed, sung, Howled, miau-d, barked, brayed, belled, yelled, cried, crowed ...”
“In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.”
“We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.”
“The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country.”
“I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.”

Source : David Henry Hwang (1993). “M. Butterfly: With an Afterword by the Playwright”, p.54, Penguin
“People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life.”
“After all, it's not where a man lands that marks his punishment. Its how far he falls.”

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