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sex men break-through
If once a woman breaks through the barriers of decency, her ease is desperate; and if she goes greater lengths than the men, and leaves the pale of propriety farther behind her, it is because she is aware that all return is prohibited, and by none so strongly as by her own sex. Charles Caleb Colton
sex missing style
Miss Edgeworth and Mme. de Stael have proved that there is no sex in style; and Mme. la Roche Jacqueline, and the Duchesse d'Angouleme have proved that there is no sex in courage. Charles Caleb Colton
sex mirrors improvement
No improvement that takes place in either sex can possibly be confined to itself. Each is a universal mirror to each, and the respective refinement of the one will always be in reciprocal proportion to the polish of the other. Charles Caleb Colton
sex powerful revenge
Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices, it is of both genders; yet, because wounded vanity and slighted love are the two most powerful excitements to revenge, it has been thought, perhaps, to rage with more violence in the female heart. Charles Caleb Colton
sex vanity rivals
There is more jealousy between rival wits than rival beauties, for vanity has no sex. But in both cases there must be pretensions, or there will be no jealousy. Charles Caleb Colton
sex character men
He was the meekest of his sex, the mildest of little men. He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the less space. He walked as softly as the Ghost in Hamlet, and more slowly. He carried his head on one side, partly in modest depreciation of himself, partly in modest propitiation of everybody else. Charles Dickens
sex men years
No-strings relationships have helped cure me of love addiction. All my life I've been in long-term monogamous relationships. I had to break that pattern by not allowing myself to have a relationship for a year, stopping myself from committing to men. I haven't been celibate. I've had lots of dates and lots of sex, but I haven't been pushing to turn a date into a relationship. This has been a huge thing for me. Alanis Morissette
sex compassion animal
The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion. Alan Watts
sex teenager serious
Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults. Alan Watts
stress past reality
In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from reality, taking recourse either in fantasies of the future or in modified visions of a half-imagines past Alan Moore
stress use cash
Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this. Alan Greenspan
stressed christ crosses
...popular fundamentalist theology has emphasized the utility of the cross rather than the beauty of the One who died on it... The "work" of Christ has been stressed until it has eclipsed the person of Christ. Aiden Wilson Tozer
stress fire setting
Nothing relieves stress like setting things on fire. Chris Cannon
stress commitment people
Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept. David Allen
stress exercise expression
Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance. David Allen
stress people creative
If we didn't have any stress, we'd never grow and you'd probably wouldn't test your mettle and you'd probably wouldn't come up with a lot of creative stuff that people come up with by being somewhat on the edge. David Allen
stress people guy
I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you. Dave Chappelle
stressed-out wish should
I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was. David Nail
average careers long
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties! Charles Stross
average effort excellent
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding. Charles Stanley
average space complicated
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen. Alan Guth
average fading saws
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Alan Greenspan
average excellence refuse
Refuse to be average. Aiden Wilson Tozer
average lasts halls
Last time I checked, there is no 'Hall of Average.' Chip Kelly
average people sides
I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people. David Cross
average sound band
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average. Buddy Rich
average people half
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. C. J. Cherryh