Quote by Marya Mannes
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot

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

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It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. – Marya Mannes

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communication
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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

Category:
Money
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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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No one knows men as such, any more than anyone knows women, and if they do generalise theyre probably trying to hide their own ignorance. You might know one man, yes, or even lots of individual men. – Julie Burchill

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I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the womens movement. – Doris Lessing

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Im so sick of hearing how theres no strong roles for women. I dont care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as theres some depth there. – Martha Plimpton

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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Dreams become reality when we put our minds to it. – Queen Latifah

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