Marya Mannes Quotes

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  The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

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  Revenge, Abuse, Environmental

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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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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  Able, Dignity, Life Is

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• Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.

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  Inspirational, Generosity, Strings

  Marya Mannes (1964). “But Will it Sell?”

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• A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.

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  Thinking, High Standards, Lows

  Marya Mannes (1948). “Message from a Stranger: A Novel”

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• The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

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  Art, Maturity, Effort

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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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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  Change, Fear, Progress

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• Infants are interesting only to their parents.

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  Interesting, Parent, Infant

  Marya Mannes (1971). “Out of my time”

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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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  Inspirational, Reality, Our Society

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

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  Sound, Sincere

  Marya Mannes (1964). “But Will it Sell?”

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• Everybody likes to see somebody else get caught for the vices practiced by themselves.

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  Vices, Likes, Caught

  Marya Mannes (1986). “The Best of Marya Mannes”

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• Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

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  Successful, Arrogance, Use

  Marya Mannes (1971). “Out of my time”

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• All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

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  Women, Seduction, Lovers

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• There is nothing harder to come by than detachment and solitude; and nothing more important.

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  Solitude, Important, Detachment

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• The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

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  Communication, People, Political

  Marya Mannes (1964). “But Will it Sell?”

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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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  Self, Humanity, May

  Marya Mannes (1964). “But Will it Sell?”

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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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  Way, Honest, Accused

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.

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  Loneliness, Being Alone, Space

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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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  Money, Loss, Sisterhood

  Marya Mannes (1986). “The Best of Marya Mannes”

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• certain kinds of people become Republicans and certain kinds of people become Democrats, and ... it's more than a matter of party affiliation. It's a way of thinking and being.

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  Party, Thinking, People

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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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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  Lasts, Next, Hold Me

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• Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?

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  Husband, Men, Names

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• Is there no end to this escalation of desire?

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  Desire, Ends, Escalation

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• We pity or condemn the communist peoples of the world for being bound in the chains of doctrine. So are we. Our doctrine runs as follows: Our Way is the Only Way.

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  Running, Doctrine, World

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• The art of flirtation is dying. A man and woman are either in love these days or just friends. In the realm of love, reticence and sophistication should go hand in hand, for one of the joys of life is discovery. Nowadays, instead of progressing from vous to tu, from Mister to Jim, it's 'darling' and 'come to my place' in the first hour.

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  Art, Men, Discovery

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• People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

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  Horse, Car, People

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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