Quote by Marya Mannes
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsess

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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The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit. – Marya Mannes

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Solitude
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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are. – Marya Mannes

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Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. – Marya Mannes

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Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines wont make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and its about getting a balance. – Richard Branson

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Ive got all the money Ill ever need, if I die by four oclock. – Henny Youngman

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I can make more generals, but horses cost money. – Abraham Lincoln

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Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper. – Charles Mackay

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My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her. – Guy Johnson

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