May 2011
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“He walked straight down the center of the road—
No maybes. Yes or no.
He liked...”
– Katherine Hepburn, on Humphrey Bogart. From The Making of the African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind.
June 2010
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Good men make good fathers.
We’re two days too late for the holiday, but father’s day is really every day.
John F. Kennedy, Jr., with his daughter Caroline.
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“I feel the need to admit that I have not given much explicit thought to the...”
– William F. Buckley, in a letter to Playboy, January 1983
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A good man doesn't let his style upstage his...
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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“Men in bowlers and dark suits with their rolled-up umbrellas. Men full of...”
– Thomas Merton
Slim Aarons in Athens, 1955.
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“You’re going to love me, and you’re going to hate me.”
– George “Slim” Aarons, photographer and good man
A good man lets her buy a round.
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A good man makes her an honest woman.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Presley on their wedding day, 1 May, 1967.
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A good man mugs for the camera.
A few good men-bros-dudes: Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, and Sean Astin, on the set of Encino Man in 1992.
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A good man calls when he says he will call.
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“A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...”
– Winston Churchill, a good man who got things done
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A good man wears a great tuxedo.
A few good men enjoy a joke at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills on New Year’s Eve, 1957. From left: Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and James Stewart. Photo by George “Slim” Aarons, another good man.
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A good man drives stick.
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“When you wear a bowtie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect;...”
– Dhani Jones, Cincinnati Bengals linebacker and good man
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A good man knows when to sit one out.
Gene Kelly was a good man.
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A good man can dance - in a tux and in a bedsheet.
John Belushi was a good man. Animal House was filled with them.
A good man is on time.
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A good man is clean (but not too clean).
A good man carries the beach chairs.
A good man never tries too hard.
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