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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.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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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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In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.
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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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All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
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Is there no end to this escalation of desire?
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A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.
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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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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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Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had.
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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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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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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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Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.
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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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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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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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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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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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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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