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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
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Intelligence
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Superior
Superiors
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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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One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.
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No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a clean bomb yet he will be the first to make public his faith in God.
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