Mae West on institution
Mae West100 quotes“Marriage is a fine institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.”
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Don’t ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.
Mae WestMae West I’m single because I was born that way.
Mae WestMae West Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae WestMae West Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Mae WestMae West Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae WestMae West You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae WestMae West No one can have everything, so you have to try for what you want most.
Mae WestMae West Love isn’t an emotion or an instinct – it’s an art.
Mae WestMae West I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae WestMae West Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I’d have to give it up.
Mae WestMae West Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can’t ever take that away from you.
Mae WestMae West Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.
Mae WestMae West I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
Mae WestMae West I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.
Mae WestMae West I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I’ve always found time to teach them.
Mae WestMae West I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application
Abraham FlexnerAbraham Flexner Defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.
Abdurrahman WahidAbdurrahman Wahid Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.
Samuel SmilesSamuel Smiles If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states
Abdurrahman WahidAbdurrahman Wahid We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo So many people and institutions are against homosexuals that, as a homosexual, you can’t waste your time by trying to convince them that you’re a good person.
Abdellah TaiaAbdellah Taia To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.
Abbie HoffmanAbbie Hoffman Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish business with a ruthlessness that many big businesses would never think of displaying.
Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson
