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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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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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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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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
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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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The Republicans think they have a corner on morality.
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Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
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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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All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
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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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Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.
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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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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 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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A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax no greater liability than a command of language.
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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 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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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.
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The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.
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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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