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

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The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.

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It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

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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. The great omission in American life is solitude.

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

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Money is not an aphrodisiac; the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

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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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A critical, strong speech made by a man is 'blunt' or "outspoken" or 'pulls no punches.' A speech of similar force and candor made by a woman is 'waspish,' 'sarcastic,' or 'cutting.' A man of strong opinions is defined as having 'deep convictions.' A woman so constituted is merely 'opinionated,' and always 'aggressive.'

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Slowly the wasters and despoilers are impoverishing our land, our nature, and our beauty, so that there will not be one beach, one hill, one lane, one meadow, one forest free from the debris of man and the stigma of his improvidence.

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

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In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.

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To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.

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

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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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The overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.

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Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.

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Republicans seems to me to be chiefly concerned with holding on to what they have: in society, it's position, or respectability, or what you will; in business, of course, it's profit.

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A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab.... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the boxes; a sort of sterile sobriety ill-fitted to the passionate geometry of music.

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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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Good-fellowship, unflagging, is the prime requisite for success in our society, and the man or woman who smiles only for reasons of humor or pleasure is a deviate.

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

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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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Wit has a deadly aim and it is possible to prick a large pretense with a small pin.

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The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

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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 the escalation of desire.

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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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[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you secure; fight it and it kills.

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Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

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