Quote by Mary McCarthy
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of des

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. – Mary McCarthy

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Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility. – Mary McCarthy

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You musnt force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex. – Mary McCarthy

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The inventor of the Xerox machine will, I am sure, find a special place reserved for him on one of the inner circles of Dantes Inferno. – Nicholas Goodison

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In the US we find the label requirements are crazy. It is almost as if we had to label a bookcase with the warning do not eat this bookcase — it can be harmful to your health. – Bjorn Bayley

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In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. – Laurence J. Peter

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Those who can, do, those who cant teach; and those who can do neither, administer. – Calvin Calverley

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