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To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.
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Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.
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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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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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The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.
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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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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.
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Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.
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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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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 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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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
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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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I don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.
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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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The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.
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I would call an intellectual one whose instrument of work - his mind - is also his major source of pleasure a man whose entertainment is his intelligence.
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The Republicans think they have a corner on morality.
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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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