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Good men are scarce
(redirected from A Good Man Is Hard to Find)

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Good men are scarce. and A good man is hard to find.
Prov. Men who make good husbands or workers are rare. Larry is the best employee I've ever had, and I'll go to a good deal of effort to keep him, because good men are scarce. "I think you should marry John," Sue advised her daughter. "He's a good man, and a good man is hard to find."
See also: good, men, scarce


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When in the late '80s the artist makes use of two titles that reference gendered habits and expectations--There's No Reason a Good Man Is Hard to Find and Done by Women Not by Men--there's every reason to think that these phrases speak to what seems subtle and improvised in the low-key look of his work.
She had confused Everything that Rises with A Good Man Is Hard to Find, but she said exactly what she needed to say to me, because it was I who recommended Everything that Rises, and that is yet another story in which an older woman dies at story's end.
If the author thinks a good man is hard to find, she may have to agree that when it comes to advice on black relationships, so is a good book.
 
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