Quote by Marya Mannes
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is th

All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. – 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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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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Intelligence
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Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. – Thomas Paine

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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can. – Jeff Bridges

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Mankind is made great or little by its own will. – Friedrich Schiller

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The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. – Bertrand Russell

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Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior? – James Donovan

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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. – J. Donald Walters

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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. – Anais Nin

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If you listed all the reasons for your faith, and all the things that make you cry, it would be essentially the same list. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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