"The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality."
-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.“
-Marya Mannes
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"In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude."
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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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"Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them."
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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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"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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