"Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic."

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Barbara Ehrenreich

#Men Quotes #Long Quotes #Coercion Quotes

“To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret”
“If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.”
“My daddy always said being brave wasnâ€™t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were.”

Source : Susan Crandall (2014). “Whistling Past the Graveyard”, p.182, Simon and Schuster
“Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity.”
“You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.”

Source : "Virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro Takes Ukulele Seriously". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Jennifer Ludden, www.npr.org. January 1, 2011.
“Life is the soul's nursery.”
“The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities...there's a high probability of such an attempt.”
“Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.”

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