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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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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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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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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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Dreams
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Respecting other peoples cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. Its indefensible. – Jello Biafra

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There is no such thing as an ugly woman. – Vincent Van Gogh

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