Quote by Henry James
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. – Henry James

Other quotes by Henry James

The only success worth ones powder was success in the line of ones idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? – Henry James

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Success
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People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if youre nice to the second housemaid. – Henry James

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alone
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Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. – Geoffrey Chaucer

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Women

If you ask men why they did a good job, theyll say, Im awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking? If you ask women why they did a good job, what theyll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard. – Sheryl Sandberg

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Women

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older theres this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now Im in the middle ground – I think women in their thirties are taken seriously. – Alanis Morissette

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Women

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so its important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are. – Dee Dee Myers

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Women

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We have the new greatest generation. We dont need as large a military due to the technology we have, the equipment we have outfitting our personnel. They really are storm troopers. – Joe Wilson

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My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. – Jimmy Wales

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Freedom

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isnt some heroic thing. That doesnt mean it isnt confusing or difficult – especially that question of how you find a balance. – Jennifer Garner

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A horse is the projection of peoples dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. – Pam Brown

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Dreams