"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."
-Marya Mannes
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"The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.“
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"The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality."
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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."
-Marya Mannes
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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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"All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction."
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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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"I would go to bed every night and have dreams about having a time machine and somehow I'd have the ability to move through time and space freely, and save Anne Frank."
-Jeff Mangum
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"There are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond our reach."
-John S. Herrington
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"I'll see you in my dreams."
-Gus Kahn
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"When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay."
-Libby Houston
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"Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number."
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"Don't be afraid of your dreams."
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