Citas de Marya Mannes

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  La tierra que maltratamos y los seres vivos que matamos acabarán vengándose, porque al explotar su presencia estamos mermando nuestro futuro.

  Marya Mannes

  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.

  Marya Mannes

  Able, Dignity, Life Is

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

  Marya Mannes

  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.

  Marya Mannes

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

  Marya Mannes

  Sound, Sincere

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

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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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• 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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• La oportunidad y la arrogancia son factores decisivos para aprovechar el talento.

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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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• La gran omisión de la vida estadounidense es la soledad; no la soledad, pues ésta es una alienación que prospera más en medio de las multitudes, sino esa zona de tiempo y espacio, libre de las presiones exteriores, que es la incubadora del espíritu.

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  Loneliness, Being Alone, Space

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• Si los hombres americanos están obsesionados con el dinero, las mujeres americanas están obsesionadas con el peso. Los hombres hablan de ganar, las mujeres de perder, y no sé qué conversación es más aburrida.

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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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  Fiesta, Pensamiento, Gente

  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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