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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Journalist
Intelligence
Society
Inspirational
Reality
Superior
Superiors
Pretend
Fellows
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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude
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An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.
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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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flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.
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To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.
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The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.
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television and radio violence was considered by most experts of minimal importance as a contributory cause of youthful killing. ... there were always enough experts to assure the public that crime and violence had nothing to do with crime and violence.
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The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.
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I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.
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Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave.
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Is there no end to this escalation of desire?
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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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The real demon is success-the anxieties engendered by this quest are relentless, degrading, corroding. What is worse, there is no end to this escalation of desire.
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A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.
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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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Promiscuous ... was a word I had never applied to myself. Possibly no one ever does, for it is a sordid word, reducing many valuable moments to nothing more than doglike copulation.
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