"When Glenda Jackson reveals that she has never been in a relationship with a man in which he hasn't raised his fists to her, I don't know whether this tells us more about the contemporary male or about Glenda Jackson."

-- Auberon Waugh

#Men Quotes #Males Quotes #Fists Quotes

“My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.”
“I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.”
“Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.”
“This resemblance became clear in the Bush the father's visits to the region. He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision.”
“The success of the abolitionist movement lay in its making real for people in Britain and America the slave ship's pervasive and utterly instrumental terror, which was indeed its defining feature.”

Source : Marcus Rediker (2007). “The Slave Ship: A Human History”, p.13, Penguin
“I'm living for myself, everything I do is to achieve my goals, so I'd love to stop caring so much about what I want by then and maybe focus on a bigger picture.”
“I'm human, just like anybody else.”
“The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.”

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