Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
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Related I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from p... PETER O'TOOLE Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderfu... COCO CHANEL People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seek... BODHIDHARMA As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always... GAO XINGJIAN Women are always beautiful. VILLE VALO Men always fall for frigid women because they put on the best show. FANNY BRICE Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray w... SIMONE SCHWARZ-BART [It was certainly a story of girl meets boy at Chanel.] This story is all about what would happen if... KARL LAGERFELD I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have be... WILLIAM GOLDING I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have be... WILLIAM GOLDING The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of ... JEANNETTE WALLS As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always... GAO XINGJIAN Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are b... ERICA JONG I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing. YANCY BUTLER Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful. MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI Women who have power are always feared. LIBBA BRAY I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the... FRANCOIS NARS Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty CHRISTOPHER MORLEY Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion. STENDHAL In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who hav... CAROLYN HEILBRUN Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who hav... CAROLYN GOLD HEILBRUN The role of women has always been undervalued in the spy world, always undermined in terms of recogn... HELEN MIRREN Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occu... OSCAR WILDE Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so oc... OSCAR WILDE Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion STENDHAL These are men and women who are willing to risk their lives in defense of their country. And the fac... DICK DURBIN If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Women are the ones who ask directions and men are the ones who never stop to ask directions, so they... DEBORAH FALLOWS When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are g... PAULO COELHO When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different. GEORGE SANTAYANA Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their ... JOAN CRAWFORD Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remembe... MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. OSCAR WILDE People are always telling women to lose weight, and then when they do, other women attack them for i... CANDACE BUSHNELL It's such a fabulous place. The women are always looking for things to do while their men are at the... KATHI GLIST The ones who don't do anything are always the ones who try to pull you down. HENRY ROLLINS Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men & women agree, it is only in their conclusions; ... GEORGE SANTAYANA If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; ... GEORGE SANTAYANA We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do the... FAMKE JANSSEN It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless ... THOMAS PYNCHON The women are the strong ones, truly. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Babies are nature's way of ensuring that men and women will always have something in common. RAIN BOJANGLES Babies are nature's way of ensuring that men and women will always have something in common. RAIN BOJANGLES I have always admired the way women put outfits together. RACHEL ROY There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to ch... ANN OAKLEY I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother... RYAN GOSLING Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influe... HONORé DE BALZAC The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professi... NAOMI WOLF Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from... GORGOS Given these differences between the sexes, the sexual revolution was the biggest joke men ever playe... JAMES C. DOBSON I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a ... CAITLYN JENNER The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women do... JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Women have always been spies. HARRIET RUBIN What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.' SYLVIA EARLE Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and d... HILLARY CLINTON I have about 20 to 25 platonic relationships with women all across the board from professional to ar... JAMIE FOXX (on love) It's the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always se... STEPHEN KING Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable... J.D. SALINGER I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they wa... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY It's not because women don't have 'the right stuff.' Women are very tough mentally. But the best-tra... JANICE CROUSE In my family, growing up, the women were always the ones who were powerful, and they exuded this cha... MICKALENE THOMAS Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexe... OSCAR WILDE We (men) would rather lose an arm out a city bus window than tell you simply, “You’re not the GREG BEHRENDT I like my whiskey neat and strong just as I like my women. Women who have matured in their minds and... AVIJEET DAS I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older wome... TAYE DIGGS He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They... JULIAN BARNES London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thorou... OSCAR WILDE War's always the same! Children starve, women suffer, men lose their fortunes or turn into beasts! KENNETH ROBERTS Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, inc... MARGARET MEAD Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families. MARSHA BLACKBURN There always have been funny women. VANESSA BAYER And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and ... WARREN BEATTY You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. The... GINGER ROGERS The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones. ROBERT JORDAN The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Oh no, she was never elitist. She said that far too many women are the accomplices of cruel, indiffe... NINA GEORGE I hate women because they always know where things are. JAMES THURBER I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool o... NOEL GALLAGHER I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool o... NOEL GALLAGHER I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't loo... NOEL GALLAGHER I hate women because they always know where things are. REBECCA WEST I hate women because they always know where things are JAMES THURBER Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women. ELLEN BARKIN I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptio... CHERIE BLAIR The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service. ALBERT EINSTEIN Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just... GERMAINE GREER Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always... OSCAR WILDE The majority of my audience has always been women. TEDDY PENDERGRASS The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service. ALBERT EINSTEIN And then there's always the crying and the weeping that we hear-children, women, even men. And these... CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service. ALBERT EINSTEIN I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me. LAURA HARRIER Women were accustomed to making substantial efforts to please men, while men spent comparatively lit... KATE COOPER All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formati... QUENTIN BRYCE
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