Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Dannie Abse

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Topic

Crying Masculinity Vulnerability Authenticity

Author

Dannie Abse

Source

Encounter at a Greyhound Bus Station

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Abse, Dannie. "Encounter at a Greyhound Bus Station." Ask the Moon. Hutchinson, 2014.

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100 percent of the shots you don't take don't go in the net.

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Topic
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Wayne Gretzky
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Gretzky, Wayne. Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 Feb. 1983.

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We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, this hardness; but we aren't like that really. I mean... One can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold... Do you see what I mean?

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Vulnerability
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Author

John le Carré
Source
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Carré, John le. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz & Pan, 1963, ch. 2.

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But what will become of men then? I asked him, without God and immortal life?

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

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Decline of religion Death of God Existence of God God

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The Brothers Karamazov
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Question
Language
Russian
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.