Quote by Marya Mannes
For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, t

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. – Marya Mannes

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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

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Feminism
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All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. – 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 a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. – John Naisbitt

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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone. – A. R. Ammons

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When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me Id be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life. – Whitney Houston

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