“A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody.”
Source: Beloved (1987), Ch. 2
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Daily Telegram number 2615, Mr. Rogers Finds the Wars At Home and Afar Alike (23 December 1934) in The New York Times, 24 December 1934 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02E2DB173CEE32A25757C2A9649D946594D6CF
Daily telegrams
“I ain't got time to learn. I can work like mans now.”
Book 1, Ch. 17
My Antonia (1918)
“There ain't no man can avoid being born average. But there ain't no man got to be common.”
"Words of the Week" Jet (Sep 4, 1958)
(Ain't That) Good News
Song lyrics, Ain't That Good News (1964)
“There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.”
Source: The Tale of Despereaux
“A man might as well play for nothing as work for nothing.”
In an obituary, Canada Law Journal, January 1, 1881, p. 11. According to the journal: "[Cockburn] subsequently acquired a large practice in London in railway and election cases. Although he did his best for his clients, he was careful that they should do their duty by him, and the story is told that on one occasion, when an election committee met, Mr. Cockburn, the counsel for one of the parties, was absent because his fee had not accompanied the brief and the only message left was that he had gone to the Derby, with the remark that 'A man might as well play for nothing as work for nothing'".
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Seldom Seen Smith, page 313
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)
“Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him.”
Floyd Mayweather speaking out about how hes going to beat Hatton http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6328555.stm
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