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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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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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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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To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.
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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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A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax no greater liability than a command of language.
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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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In an age where the lowered eyelid is just a sign of fatigue, the delicate game of love is pining away. Freud and flirtation are poor companions.
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The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.
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One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.
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All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
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If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude
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