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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude
Marya Mannes
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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Omitting
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Gratitude
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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.
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The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.
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You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.
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Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.
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It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
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The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.
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Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock but its ultimate function is to ennoble.
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The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego.
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All wars derive from lack of empathy: the incapacity of one to understand and accept the likeness or difference of another. Whether in nations or the encounters of race and sex, competition then replaces compassion, subjection excludes mutuality.
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A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.
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the incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable.
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The Republicans think they have a corner on morality.
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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.
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Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.
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