"Far from the truth lay the antique assumption that man had fathered the weapon. The weapon, instead, had fathered man."

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Source : ROBERT ARDREY (1961). “AFRICAN GENISIS”

Robert Ardrey

#Men Quotes #Weapons Quotes #Antiques Quotes

“If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help!”
“When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh, how wonderful; I'm ready.'”
“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”

Source : Bryan Stevenson (2014). “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”, p.21, Spiegel & Grau
“Equity knows no difference of sex. In its vocabulary the word man must be understood in a generic, and not in a specific sense.”
“I have nothing to tell except travellers' stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.”
“I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore.”

Source : "At last, it's Zaha Hadid's time to shine" by Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. August 8, 2012.
“Handsome widows, after a twelve-month, enjoy a latitude and longitude without limit.”
“I'm the last of the mad ones.”

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