"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 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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"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
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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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"All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction."
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"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future."
-Marya Mannes
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"Even when I'm playing someone named Fat Amy, I'm all about confidence and attitude."
-Rebel Wilson
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"An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him."
-William Minto
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"I can't believe the pro-choicers attitude toward unborn children-to me it's the ultimate liberal cause, to defend those without a voice."
-Michael Aston
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"The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in the actor's mind, and I guess in reading the things that were given to me, I reacted as you guys saw me, you know."
-Gene Barry
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"A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people."
-Bessie Head
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"My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd."
-Arthur Holly Compton
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