I am not elevating women to sainthood, nor am I suggesting that all women share the same views, or that all women are good and all men bad.
I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.
George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.
There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.
I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed… to refuse to barter incentive for a dole… I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopias….
I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.
I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.
If it's real enlightenment. . . you're dealing with someone who's broken through every rule, every barrier, every do and do not, and they've reached an apex of consciousness. They've broken through all the conditioning, all the timidity. They don't buy into any program.
Know that America belongs to you, to all of you.
I'm not short," Daisy muttered. "Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short.
. . . Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.