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Marya Mannes [1904-1990] American

Rank: 103
Journalist, Author

Marya Mannes was an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of, "Sec."

Communication, Intelligence, Money, Alone, Attitude, Chance, Dreams, Future, Romantic, Women

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The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.	Intelligence	101
Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.	Money	102
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.	Dreams, Romantic	103
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.	Future	104
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.	Communication	105
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.	Money, Women	106
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.		107
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.	Alone, Chance	108
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.	Communication	109
All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.		110
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.	Intelligence	111
I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.		112
Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.		113
By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.		114
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.	Attitude	115
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.		116

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