Marya Mannes - People Quotes

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

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The car, by bisecting the human outline, diminishes it, producing a race of half-people in a motion not of their own making.

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All people talk of money sometimes, everywhere. But not for all people, everywhere, is money the addiction, the obsession, the stimulant, that it seems to be in New York. It is a large part of the clamor, and it is the voice — quite literally — of the man in the street.

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

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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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