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Language usage always has a political context.


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We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.

We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.



Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.



We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.

We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.



There's been an awful lot of silence in make culture about this ongoing tragedy of men's violence against women and children... we need to break that silence, and we need more men to do that.

There's been an awful lot of silence in make culture about this ongoing tragedy of men's violence against women and children... we need to break that silence, and we need more men to do that.



Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.



In real life, women dont enjoy being degraded and treated like objects/receptacles.

In real life, women dont enjoy being degraded and treated like objects/receptacles.



If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.



Men are every bit as gendered as women.

Men are every bit as gendered as women.



We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women.

We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women.



Sociopathy is the extreme manifestation of the way we socialize boys in our society.

Sociopathy is the extreme manifestation of the way we socialize boys in our society.





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Lose control once in a while, and your emotions will make your strong. Keep your heart open, and they’ll make you invincible.

Lose control once in a while, and your emotions will make your strong. Keep your heart open, and they’ll make you invincible.



I am yet to meet the idiot at whose door success arrived as a direct result of his refusal to invest in the enterprise that made him rich.

I am yet to meet the idiot at whose door success arrived as a direct result of his refusal to invest in the enterprise that made him rich.



In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.

In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.



If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.

If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.



You are privileged if you know that there is God, the only creator of Heaven and Earth because not everyone gets to understand that whist still alive.

You are privileged if you know that there is God, the only creator of Heaven and Earth because not everyone gets to understand that whist still alive.




There's no labor a man can do that's undignified if he does it right.

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified if he does it right.



The enemy of any artistic statement is to create something that no one cares about, in the sense they have no opinion either way.

The enemy of any artistic statement is to create something that no one cares about, in the sense they have no opinion either way.



When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?

When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while?



The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and resilient.

The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and resilient.




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