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... the average Catholic perceives no connection between religion and morality, unless it is a question of someone else's morality.
Mary McCarthy
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Mary McCarthy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1912
Born: June 21
Died: 1989
Died: October 25
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Mary Therese McCarthy
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I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets.
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If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
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most people did not care to be taught what they did not already know it made them feel ignorant.
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