About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Those commentaries can be seen as males treating females as the 'out' group. KATHY KAISER I had 420 females and 723 males compete in the last two years. JOHN AMELSBERG The males usually come back first and then they're followed by the females. JULIE VICTORIA They were more physical and effective on the power play. I wish I had another answer, but it's old-f... MATTIAS NORSTROM . . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much gr... ESTELLE RAMEY . . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much grea... ESTELLE RAMEY because of the history of race in this country, and because historically, black males, Hispanic male... FRANKIE BAILEY Circumcision is one of the Sunnahs of the fitrah, and it is for both males and females, except that ... ATAAWA AL-LAJNAH AL-DAA’IMAH In the past, only some of the males, but all of the females, were able to procreate. Equality is mor... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB We are seeing very imbalanced sex ratios between males and females. ELIZABETH KEMF We are seeing very imbalanced sex ratios between males and females, ELIZABETH KEMF All human males were as fascinated with cars as they were with breasts. ANITA CLENNEY You assume that females are more likely to give, males more likely to receive. We were surprised tha... JENNIFER MANLOVE Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. MARGARET MEAD Deeds are males, words females are. SIR JOHN DAVIES Deeds are males, words females are. JOHN DAVIES One without power does not mean lack of physical or mental strength. SRI SATHYA SAI BABA It is common among all ethnicities and is equally common among males and females. GARY LEWIS The last thing I want to be is sanctimonious, but the thing that frustrates me is the deceit and bet... JAMES WALSH It's about knowing yourself and what you're good at. Females, males - anyone can be anything... PAYAL KADAKIA Males inform how often intercourse takes place and whether or not condoms are used. Males can influe... CYNTHIA ROSENGARD Young females are quitting more quickly and extensively than males, which is a surprise. JIM BISHOP Fetishizing is the norm for males, not for females. ROBERT STOLLER It is time to recognize the variability of females, just as we do males. KATHERINE DUNN St. Norbert is a very good team. They're going to play very physical and try to get us to take penal... DAN STAUBER Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength. LAURENCE OLIVIER, SIR Our strength is we are a physical team. We fly to the ball and tonight, we were over aggressive. JIM FISCHER This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both s... KATHERINE DUNN Three males ran from the scene of the hit-and-run on the night it happened. We're working with two w... LT. MIGUEL ROSARIO True best friends never fail on understanding, forgiving, and being there for one another no matter ... JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT By and large, it's easier for males to get into liberal arts colleges than it is for females. JOANNA SCHULTZ We've got three males, and the rest are females. I think it kind of goes back to the care-giving. JACKIE JORDAN the power to charm the female has sometimes been more important than the power to conquer other male... CHARLES DARWIN Eliza was very passionate about trying to find ways to make computer science and engineering more ap... JOSEPH FALL When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if i... KATHRYN LASKY I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's no... TARA REID We roughly have death rates that are about 150 percent higher in the United States for 15- to 19-yea... LLOYD KOLBE He was walking down Ivy near Begonia (streets) when two vehicles pulled up behind the victim and cha... STACI JOHNSON Since there are thousands of fairy tales, one may safely guess that there are probably equal numbers... BRUNO BETTELHEIM My greatest weapon is my courage to stand alone. LORIANN ZEMANOVICH Males are horrible creatures, aren’t they? SARAH J. MAAS Women are people too". R. ALAN WOODS A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ... BANKSY They both have large casts, they're full-production kind of casts. Kiss Me, Kate is a wonderful musi... BRIAN MATHER Demoness: "The males are defending the females and children... They will save us" Sabine:... KRESLEY COLE And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and ... BIBLE All over the world, young males and females, schooled in the art of patriarchal thinking, are buildi... BELL HOOKS Tying isn’t about males and females. It’s about connecting with someone who can better you, some... CARDENO C. It's been a real distinction to finally have males in the class. They are so brave to be around a lo... EVA LAWSON The results jumped out at us. Sometimes males and females would perform the same tasks and show diff... EMILY BELL This house had hard-wired smoke detectors, as a lot of homes built 30 years ago did. Because there w... INVESTIGATOR SCOTT BURLIN If the voice was meant to be silent we wouldn't have ears for listening. VERONICA PURCELL Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percen... BARBARA WALTERS We believe that a $1,000 tax reduction equals about $10,000 more on the overall value of your home, ... MARK LEWIS Just as the unique characteristics of both males and females contribute to the completeness of a mar... DAVID A. BEDNAR Our goal is to assemble a premier herd of cattle. We'll market the females to other Angus breeders a... WINSLOW GOINS The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season AND CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in... AND CITY Desperate Housewives. AND CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. AND CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] AND CITY Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-... AND CITY It's such a tribute to my show. My show is so good. I feel so blessed to play such a strong characte... AND CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... AND CITY I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth... AND CITY Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ... AND CITY Honey, I've decided we're going to Louisiana. JILL AND We'll have to find new accommodation tonight, JILL AND None of these places, of course, are charging any rent, JILL AND We believe all of the males were armed. An argument ensued between the victim and the suspect. He wa... KIM CAPLLONCH And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak... LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it do... MARJANE SATRAPI Men are dark animals. Women are the same. But if the females wish to survive, they need to mate with... ROBERT BLACK There are the males that never give intense displays; they just kind of ... don't have it. Then ther... GAIL PATRICELLI Truancy is an equal opportunity offense. It's equal exactly with males and females. The demographics... DENNIS THOMPSON They were a tough physical team. We're not a tough physical team and that's something we'll have to ... JOE MAESER When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies t... NORMAN VINCENT PEALE That's New England. They came out and basically dominated in all phases of the game. They were physi... CADILLAC WILLIAMS When I took over two years ago, people were complaining about the unlicensed shops. That reflects on... CHARLES BRYANT Breeding studies with both males and females often are necessary to identify candidate genes respons... DEREK J. TAYLOR The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a glob... CHAD HURLEY All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of or... EDMUND BURKE Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power GLORIA STEINEM Lieutenant Chatrand: I don’t understand this omnipotent-benevolent thing. Camerlengo Carlo Ve... DAN BROWN The male-dominated systems know they cannot maintain their current power structures if and when the ... BRYANT MCGILL For years I wondered what was her curious power, her ability to attract all kinds of people to her a... ELIZABETH WINDER ...then there is the strength and physical conditioning of players stills needs improving. CHARLES MHLAURI And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that wh... QURAN The patients are all males, with the exception of one. Seven of the patients were admitted at privat... KA MZOLO Better health is more important than beauty and with better health comes beauty. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE I experience Mormondom to be a warm and beautiful and well-appointed home in which you suddenly find... CAROL LYNN PEARSON They were a physical team. They were skilled all over the place. Last year was our wake-up call. CHRIS YODER If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. Th... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I love acting. It is so much more real than life. OSCAR WILDE The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. SUSAN SONTAG Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. JOHN GIELGUD I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being... OSCAR WILDE You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it ... CARL GUSTAV JUNG Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters SENECA
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JIM ELLIOT When life's flight is over, and we unload our cargo at the other end, the fellow who got rid of unne... ELISABETH ELLIOT He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missiona... ELISABETH ELLIOT There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT The willingness to sacrifice that springs from a loving heart rather than the desire for spiritual d... ELISABETH ELLIOT Single life may be only a stage of a life’s journey, but even a stage is a gift. God may replace i... ELISABETH ELLIOT If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to... ELISABETH ELLIOT To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And t... ELISABETH ELLIOT Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lie... ELISABETH ELLIOT I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the ... ELISABETH ELLIOT Whoever said "Marriage is a 50-50 proposition" laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any ot... AUSTIN ELLIOT There's no way he's supposed to even catch the ball, dribble it, spin and shoot a shot and make a sh... ELLIOT WASHINGTON Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God. JIM ELLIOT This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience - it looks for a way of being constructive. ELISABETH ELLIOT I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adole... TUCKER ELLIOT I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. ... ELISABETH ELLIOT [Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blu... ELISABETH ELLIOT Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. ELISABETH ELLIOT The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word fr... JIM ELLIOT You're moving muscles and improving circulation in areas you can't when you're in a wheelchair on la... JIM ELLIOT "The most meanest and depraved of men come out on top, and women flock to these men.Their evil acts ... ELLIOT RODGER Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age ELLIOT PAUL It's not just one crop in one region. It's multiple crops in most of the state that have been affect... DAVE ELLIOT It was like hitting a brick wall. We're still unsure of what to do. ELLIOT SECRIST I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to cru... JIM ELLIOT We are eager to use the occultation technique to probe for atmospheres around large Kuiper belt obje... JIM ELLIOT The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation WALTER ELLIOT Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call or whatever you want to call i... JIM ELLIOT Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in ... ELLIOT CARTER Two rules to follow: 1) Don't sweat the small stuff. 2) It's all small
stuff. ROBERT ELLIOT Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from s... ELISABETH ELLIOT